This brass figure is believed to be Prince Oranmiyan. Edo legend says that no one in Benin had ever seen a horse before Oranmiyan arrived! In the 1100s the Ogisos lost control of their kingdom.

On March 30, Changzhou Bori Flexible Power Transmission Equipment Industrial Base, with a total investment of RMB 800 million, was located in Qishuyan Railway Transportation Industrial Park. According ...

They carved masks for ceremonies and they moulded sculptures of gods out of mud. In Benin City, craft workers were organised into groups known as guilds. There were guilds for wood carvers ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

The Bengali bori or bodi made with masoor dal is an excellent addition to vegetables and even fish curries. Making it is really simple. Begin by washing the dal properly, and then soak it for at least ...

With European museums on the back foot following Black Lives Matter protests, Nigerian politicians have the opportunity to shape the fate of the famous Benin Bronzes, writes Barnaby Phillips ...

On July 24, five African Parks rangers were killed in Benin’s W National Park along with seven soldiers from the Benin Armed Forces. The attack is the second incident in which major casualties ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A plain cotton T-shirt is a pretty ordinary item of clothing. But for Benin, a sliver of a country on the ...

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa's most famous artefacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has directed all traditional chiefs and leaders in Benin Kingdom to perform the traditional “Bisusu” ceremony to ward off evil ahead of the Edo governorship ...

The West African nation of Benin is supposed to be a critical partner in the multinational security mission helping Haiti fight violent gangs — pledging the single-largest force of 1,500 to ...

The movement, in the memorandum, said that given the economic viability of Ogoniland, the people of Ogoni deserve an autonomous state and should be constituted into a state to be called Bori State ...