A socio-cultural organisation, Oodua Peoples Congress, has warned merchants of violence against crossing the Benin red lines, ...

An archaeologist shows a group of visitors around excavations at the heart of Benin City in Nigeria, in an area that was once part of the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom. When visitors arrive at ...

The Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, on Sunday performed the ancient ‘Ugierhoba rite’, a sacred traditional observance that preserves the memory and legacy of past Benin kings. The ceremony formally ...

Do you know that Benin’s official capital is not its busiest or most modern city? It is tucked along the southeastern ...

The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

Interns funded by a UC-HBCU grant learned key professional skills and found their calling while excavating an archaeological ...

Western museums are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, but a state-of-the-art museum to display them is still a long way ...

Benin City has grown from the historic Kingdom of Benin into a vibrant metropolis with the new Museum of West African Art.

Kakuzi has once again been thrust into the national spotlight. Ordered to surrender 3,200 acres of its 32,900-acre Murang’a ...

The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, has relieved Chief Sunday Sidney Enoma of his duties as the traditional priest of Uniamen Village in Ovia North-East ...

Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II M, has suspended Chief Priest of Uviamen village, Chief Sunday Sidney Enoma, in Ovia North East ...

The Benin Initiative Switzerland (2021–24) was a project focusing on provenance research on artefacts from the Kingdom of ...