AGENCIES | In the largest restitution of its kind, the Netherlands recently returned 119 Benin Bronzes to the Nigerian ...

The Oba of Benin, attended by two aides, following his crowning in Benin City in October 2016. AFP via Getty Images. The move to send them to Africa has been fueled by demands for “repatriation ...

When a Benin City boy like Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Rema rises to global ... A subsequent remix featuring Selena Gomez became the first African song to spend a year on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Museum of West African Art, based in Benin City, Nigeria, announced Thursday that it will officially open its campus to the public on Nov. 11.

From Benin City, Nigeria, to Palermo, Marseille, and beyond: Nigerian criminal groups have succeeded in developing their trafficking activities in Africa, but also in Europe. Mafia Africa (Flammarion, ...

Edo artist, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, Plaque, Mid-16th to 17th century, Copper alloy. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will display nine works from the royal court of Benin in a ...

London mdash; Nigerian rapper and activist Emmanuel Great Okugun, known as Gee Baller and Yaya Bande, staged a protest at the ...

Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes on Thursday under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children's lives per year ...

T HE SACKING of Benin City by a heavily armed expeditionary force in February 1897 was said to be an act of revenge in a bitter trade dispute between Britain and the Kingdom of Benin, east of Lagos.

Britain’s colonisation efforts eventually led to a clash with the Kingdom of Benin, which British forces seized in February 1897. There are no exact figures for the number of Benin citizens killed in ...

Nigeria women’s senior cricket team, the Female Yellow Greens, are currently in a 14-day open camp at the high-performance centre in Benin City, ahead of next month’s 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup ...

A Benin Bronze sculpture after a repatriation ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington on Tuesday. Smithsonian Institution/AFP via Getty Images / AFP - Getty Images ...