The Benin Bronze piece, held at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art since 1986, was returned to the Royal Court in a July 15 ceremony in Benin City, Nigeria. It was one of many art works ...

In June, Rema dropped his lead single from the album, a collaboration with another Benin City native, Shallipoppi, called “Benin Boys,” a tribute to their hometown.

If whispers in the art world are anything to go by, Benin City, the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, is hot on Lagos’s heels.

The museum on the University of Iowa campus presented two works of art from its collection to the royal family of Nigeria in a special ceremony held at the Benin Palace, marking the first time a U ...

The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...

Following the ceremony, Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments plans to take possession of the bronzes and deliver them to Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, Oba, or king, of Benin.