Set in the Bight of Benin and Colonial Jamaica in the 17th century, it follows the uprising of African captives who were unjustly enslaved and forced into brutal labour. But they fought back. The film ...

On Tuesday 8th of July 2025, the ECOWAS Commission, through its Department of Human Development and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Department of Economic Affairs and Agriculture, officially ...

Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means for restitution policies.

The IMF Executive Board today completed the Sixth Reviews of Benin’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Third Review under the Resilience and Sustainability ...

But who were the Biafrans? Taking its name from the Bight of Biafra, a coastal inlet, Eastern Nigeria had finally carried out its threat to secede from Nigeria and become an independent state. Lieut.

The die was cast and on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu declared the independence of the Republic of Biafra, named after the Bight of Biafra.

Violence by armed groups is dangerously disrupting the conservation and protection of the environment.

The royal leader of the Kingdom of Benin sought the return of artifacts displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The collector who owned them took them back instead.

An exhibition of master paintings, drawings and watercolour work of quintessential artist, Dr. John Ed DeBebs, and curated by renowned Oriz U. Onumaje, opened penultimate Wednesday in Lagos, amid ...

After the Great World War, he was transferred to Nigeria, and in 1934, he was appointed bishop of the Vicariate Apostolate of Bight of Benin and later transferred to Lagos after the death of Bishop ...

The World Bank has approved $33 million in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion Project (COSO) to help ...