Nigeria's history dates back long before the colonial era, with some of its most significant kingdoms emerging as early as 900 AD ... Benin Kingdom, the Ibibio-Efik Kingdom, and the Ijaw city ...

In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African auxiliaries crossed the moats and ancient mud walls around the city of Benin, in what is today southern Nigeria.

This incursion of 1,200 British soldiers captured and sacked Benin City (located in modern day Nigeria), stealing thousands of artefacts, which were taken to Britain and eventually dispersed to ...

In 1897, about 1,200 British soldiers raided ... over who should receive them, but many in Benin City feel that because the items were stolen before Nigeria existed, it would be inappropriate ...

But an hour’s flight away is Benin City, the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, which, if whispers in the art world are anything to go by, is hot on Lagos’s heels. Today, Benin City is ...

Beautifully cast by expert craftsmen from Benin City in what’s now southwest Nigeria, the Benin Bronzes have been languishing in museums all over the world for almost 125 years. Increasingly ...