President Muhammadu Buhari (r) warmly welcoming the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II during the audience the Oba had at the head of a delegation of the Oba of Benin in Council with the at the ...

Photos of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku’ Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, and his youngest wife, Queen Aisosa, with their quadruplets, have gone viral on social media. The monarch with his ...

The spotlight will shift to Benin Kingdom this week as the countdown to the coronation of the incoming Oba of Benin, Prince (Amb) Ehenede Erediauwa, will take place on Thursday, October 20th.

In 1897, British soldiers looted sculptures that are still held in Western museums and collections. But there are growing calls for restitution. Visitors sit before the contentious Benin plaques ...

Image Patrice Talon, center, the current president of Benin, during his election campaign in 2016.Credit...Pius Eutomi Ekpei/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Mr. Talon had once been a donor ...

These are edited extracts of that conversation. Image The three-story structure riffs on the design of a palace from the ancient Kingdom of Benin.Credit...Adjaye Associates There have been calls ...

Brandon Clifford New Research Sean Kingsley - History Correspondent In February 1897, some 1,200 British soldiers raided the Kingdom of Benin in what is now southwestern Nigeria, razing the Edo ...