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

Recommending Oba Erediauwa to President Tinubu”, this is the response I got from one of the Benin Palace functionaries:“Making mention of the year Oba Erediauwa reigned on the throne of his forebears ...

The Benin Bronzes present an “interesting exception,” he explained, as they were taken from the Oba, or king, of Benin. The Benin Kingdom was under British rule from 1897 until 1960, ...

The moniker “Benin Bronzes” was a European device to categorize the stolen artifacts. “They have a very strong spiritual significance within the culture of Benin, Nigeria. We spoke to the King of ...

A brass plaque from the Benin Kingdom features an oba, or king, with a mudfish at his waist, holding a leopard by the tail in each hand. The plaque is one of the objects stolen during the 1897 raid.

Peju Layiwola is a curator at the museum, who attended a ceremony at the royal palace in Benin City to return the art to the oba, or king, of Benin. “The palace still exists.

Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, died at 90 after a life of public service, rising through civil chieftaincy and promoting Yoruba culture.

France will return the skull of a Sakalava king, along with those of two of his warriors, to Madagascar in August 2025. This repatriation comes 128 years after their beheading in 1897. Madagascar's ...

The Benin monarchy, a dynasty ruling the Kingdom of Benin in modern-day Nigeria, began its lineage in the 13th century. A prominent ruler, Oba Ewuare I (also known as Ewuare the Great) , reigned ...

The Nation Newspaper Oba of Benin begins Igue festival. Saturday, July 19, 2025 Advertise With Us E-paper. News; ... prayed for the foremost king and proclaimed peace in Benin Kingdom.

On 14 January 2015, a fire has once again ravaged the Palace of the King Houégbadja in the Royal Palaces of Abomey World Heritage property in Benin. Thankfully there were no victims. Despite the ...