MOWAA Announces Public Opening in Benin City, Inaugural Exhibition, and Artist Council During Nigeria’s Arts Season This November

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) is pleased to announce the official public opening of the first phase of its Campus and the Institute in Benin City, Nigeria, on 11 November 2025. This milestone marks a significant step forward in the...

Cyber Africa Forum highlights Benin's bold digital resilience [Business Africa]

This week, Business Africa makes a stop in Benin for a special edition focused on three pillars of its economic and digital transformation. At the heart of this edition is the Cyber Africa Forum in Cotonou, where Benin stands out as a key player...

Some Benin City Residents Decry Public Inaction, Urge Shared Responsibility For Safety

The need for Nigerians to prioritise human life over sensationalism and move from passive observation to active intervention has been stressed by key stakeholders in Benin City. This follows the circulation of a horrifying video showing the brutal...

Oke-Oroma village elders commend Gov. Okpebholo, Oba of Benin for restoring statutory rights

Concerned elders of Oke-Oroma village in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State have commended the State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, His Royal Majesty, Ewuare the Second, Oba of Benin for restoring their statutory rights and...

Some Benin City Residents Decry Public Inaction, Urge Shared Responsibility For Safety

Oke-Oroma village elders commend Gov. Okpebholo, Oba of Benin for restoring statutory rights

MFA Boston Restitutes Two Gifted Artifacts to Kingdom of Benin

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston has returned two works of art to the Kingdom of Benin after 12 years in its collection. The transfer was coordinated and facilitated by Dr. Arese Carrington, a member of the MFA’s Board of Advisors, who called the...

African Parks earns over $7 million from carbon credit sales in Benin and CAR

African Parks has generated $7.35 million in carbon credit sales from Chinko National Park in the Central African Republic, Helge Mahne, global funding director for African Parks, confirmed to Mongabay in an email. An unspecified sum was also...

MFA Boston returns two works to Kingdom of Benin

The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston returned two artefacts to the Oba of Benin in a ceremony at Nigeria House in New York City. Looted during the infamous "punitive expedition" attack by British forces on the Kingdom of Benin in 1897, these works...

Etsako Students’ Association Commends Esama Of Benin For Offering Scholarships

Some students from Etsako Students Association, University of Benin Branch, who are beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme of the Esama of Benin and Honourary Romanian consul to Edo and Delta states of Nigeria, His Excellency, Sir, Chief, Doctor...

Collapsed Perimeter Fence Of Okhoro Pry. Sch., Benin City Receives Attention

Two weeks after Independent Television and Radio reported the collapsed perimeter fence of Okhoro Primary School, Benin City, the fence is being erected. Ikponmwosa Ugiagbe, who visited the school, reports. www.itvradiong.com/live...

Collapsed Perimeter Fence Of Okhoro Pry. Sch., Benin City Receives Attention

Etsako Students’ Association Commends Esama Of Benin For Offering Scholarships

British Museum says it can’t permanently return looted Benin Bronzes in its collection to Nigeria

THE BRITISH Museum has said it cannot permanently return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, The Voice can reveal. This comes after The Netherlands recently returned 119 stolen Benin Bronzes, which was the largest physical return of Benin artefacts...

Oba Of Benin Appoints Odionwere In Ureghin Community 

His Royal Majesty Ewuare the Second, Oba of Benin, has approved the appointment of Pa. Victor Okungbowa as the Odionwere of Ureghin Community in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State. Chief Uyi Okungbowa, the Ogua of Benin, who was joined by...

NDLEA, Edo State Commander Visits Esama Of Benin, Seeks Fatherly Support

The state commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeyi, has praised the fatherly disposition and positive impact on humanity of the Esama of Benin and Honorary Romanian Consul to Edo and Delta...

NDLEA, Edo State Commander Visits Esama Of Benin, Seeks Fatherly Support

Oba Of Benin Appoints Odionwere In Ureghin Community 

Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria claim 28 lives in Edo

From Tony Osauzo, Benin Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole, yesterday, gave update on the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state and said 137 confirmed cases have been confirmed with 24 deaths. Besides, he said Yellow Fever has...

Edo Youth Parliament Lauds Okpebholo’s N1bn Interest-Free Loan Programme, Says Move Will Tackle Restiveness

1 BENIN – The Edo Youth Parliament Speaker, Right Honourable Fawaz Muhammad, has declared that the N1 billion interest-free loan programme launched by the state government, would help reduce restiveness among the youths in the state. Mohammad...