However, in the case of the Benin Bronzes, selling the artifacts couldn’t be further from Stanley’s mission. Layiwola, whose guidance was critical to the success of the restitution process, introduced ...

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

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.

For a long time, this has been the situation with artifacts plundered from the African continent during the colonial period — with Nigeria’s Benin Bronzes being one of the most high-profile ...

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.

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THERE is a growing anxiety in the Emure-Ile community in Owo local government area over the ...

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 ...

Julian Lucas profiles Mati Diop, the director of “Atlantics” and the documentary “Dahomey,” about the repatriation of African art from France’s Musée du Quai Branly to Benin.

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 ...

Elders and physically challenged persons from Ukhomunyo clan in Okpella, Estako East local government area, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest in Benin City, over selection of a new ...