Inside Aso Rock: What Tinubu told Oba of Benin about returned artefacts
President Bola Tinubu has pledged to protect Benin artefacts returned to the country from different parts of the world as a way of archiving the history of the people. Tinubu…
Return of Benin Bronzes delayed after Nigerian president’s decree
May 11, 2023 A British university has postponed the return of more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after a presidential decree named a royal ruler as the owner and…
Artefacts: Benin king notifies Netherlands Govt of FG’s gazette
April 24, 2023 The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has notified the Netherlands Government about Nigeria’s Government Gazette recognising and vesting custody and management of repatriated looted Benin artefacts in…
Oba of Benin to unveil Queen mother’s statue on Friday
February 23, 2023 The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, says the Palace will on Friday, Feb. 24, unveil the statue of the Queen mother (Iyoba N’ Uselu), Ikuoyemwen. This is…
PDP will devolve more power to other tiers of government, create state police – Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday explained that he was committed to devolve more power to the two other tiers of government for even…
FESTAC 77 @ 45: Oba of Benin gives royal blessings to CBAAC for commemoration
October 9, 2022 The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has given his royal blessings to the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) for the commemoration of the…
2023: It’s President or nothing, I won’t settle for VP position – Wike
April 15, 2022 Presidential aspirant Nyesom Wike says he will never settle for vice-president position as the contest for the plum job hots up, ahead of the presidential election next…
About 5,000 Benin Bronzes scattered all over the world – NCMM
Feb. 22, 2022 …Says FG to construct royal palace museum for repatriated artefacts The Federal Government is to accelerate action on the construction of a royal palace museum where the…
Scottish university to hand over looted Benin Bronze to Nigeria after 124 years
Oct 28, 2021 A Scottish university will on Thursday hand over to a Nigerian delegation a Benin Bronze that was among thousands looted by British troops in 1897, the third…
The fading glory of Igun Street, Nigeria’s bronze-casting hub
September 14, 2021 In 1999, UNESCO listed the Oba of Benin’s palace and Igun Street, Benin City, as citadel of bronze casting and cultural heritage sites. Unarguably, after several centuries,…