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Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...
When a Benin City boy like Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Rema rises to global stardom, selling out international shows and recording the first song led by an African-artist to surpass a billion ...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has warned Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State against embarking on a probe of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, urging him instead to ...
In Benin City, there has been a huge jump in awareness about the looted objects in the last decade, and artists, historians and activists have intensified their calls for restitution.
Lagos has long been Nigeria’s creative pulse, an electrifying, sprawling city home to some of the most exciting and well-regarded fashion, music and artistic talents of recent years. But an hour’s ...
Background: The increase in popularity of soccer and expectations from players make significant numbers of soccer injuries conceivable. Concerns have been expressed about the demand placed on the ...
When a Benin City boy like Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Rema rises to global stardom, what does he do? He returns home for a victory lap.
The birthplace of the Benin Bronzes—artifacts considered some of Africa’s greatest treasures, which in the 19th century were controversially looted from Benin’s royal palaces—the city’s ...