Some Benin City Residents Decry Public Inaction, Urge Shared Responsibility For Safety

The need for Nigerians to prioritise human life over sensationalism and move from passive observation to active intervention has been stressed by key stakeholders in Benin City. This follows the circulation of a horrifying video showing the brutal...

Oke-Oroma village elders commend Gov. Okpebholo, Oba of Benin for restoring statutory rights

Concerned elders of Oke-Oroma village in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State have commended the State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, His Royal Majesty, Ewuare the Second, Oba of Benin for restoring their statutory rights and...

Some Benin City Residents Decry Public Inaction, Urge Shared Responsibility For Safety

Oke-Oroma village elders commend Gov. Okpebholo, Oba of Benin for restoring statutory rights

MFA Boston Restitutes Two Gifted Artifacts to Kingdom of Benin

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin after 12 years in its collection. The transfer was coordinated and facilitated by Dr. Arese Carrington, a member of the MFA’s Board of Advisors, who called the...

African Parks earns over $7 million from carbon credit sales in Benin and CAR

African Parks has generated $7.35 million in carbon credit sales from Chinko National Park in the Central African Republic, Helge Mahne, global funding director for African Parks, confirmed to Mongabay in an email. An unspecified sum was also...

MFA Boston returns two works to Kingdom of Benin

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston returned two artefacts to the Oba of Benin in a ceremony at Nigeria House in New York City. Looted during the infamous "punitive expedition" attack by British forces on the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, these works...

Etsako Students’ Association Commends Esama Of Benin For Offering Scholarships

Some students from Etsako Students Association, University of Benin Branch, who are beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme of the Esama of Benin and Honourary Romanian consul to Edo and Delta states of Nigeria, His Excellency, Sir, Chief, Doctor...

Collapsed Perimeter Fence Of Okhoro Pry. Sch., Benin City Receives Attention

Two weeks after Independent Television and Radio reported the collapsed perimeter fence of Okhoro Primary School, Benin City, the fence is being erected. Ikponmwosa Ugiagbe, who visited the school, reports. www.itvradiong.com/live...

Collapsed Perimeter Fence Of Okhoro Pry. Sch., Benin City Receives Attention

Etsako Students’ Association Commends Esama Of Benin For Offering Scholarships

British Museum says it can’t permanently return looted Benin Bronzes in its collection to Nigeria

THE BRITISH Museum has said it cannot permanently return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, The Voice can reveal. This comes after The Netherlands recently returned 119 stolen Benin Bronzes, which was the largest physical return of Benin artefacts...

Oba Of Benin Appoints Odionwere In Ureghin Community 

His Royal Majesty Ewuare the Second, Oba of Benin, has approved the appointment of Pa. Victor Okungbowa as the Odionwere of Ureghin Community in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State. Chief Uyi Okungbowa, the Ogua of Benin, who was joined by...

NDLEA, Edo State Commander Visits Esama Of Benin, Seeks Fatherly Support

The state commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeyi, has praised the fatherly disposition and positive impact on humanity of the Esama of Benin and Honorary Romanian Consul to Edo and Delta...

NDLEA, Edo State Commander Visits Esama Of Benin, Seeks Fatherly Support

Oba Of Benin Appoints Odionwere In Ureghin Community 

Coronation, museum commission launch gallery for Benin bronzes 

In a move to preserve Nigeria’s cultural heritage, Coronation Group has partnered with the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) to establish a gallery to showcase the Benin Bronzes. The gallery will house 119 Benin Bronzes recently...

Residents Of Erosion-Prone Areas In Benin Face Untold Hardship This Rainy Season

Residents of flood-prone areas in Benin City are groaning under possible sack from their homes and business premises as they have been submerged in heavy floods following torrential rains. Deborah Ogbeifun, who visited some of the worst-hit...

Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art to Open in November

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, will officially welcome the public to its campus on November 11, the same day it unveils its MOWAA Institute. Designed by Adjaye Associates, the roughly 48,000-square-foot institution...

EIRS Boss: Edo Generated N52.6bn in First Half of 2025

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City The Edo State Government Thursday said it has generated N52.6 billion as Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) between January and June 2025. It added the money represented a 46% increase in what was generated within the...