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Benin City, the capital of Edo State, has won a $1 million Bloomberg innovation award after emerging among the top cities in the Bloomberg Mayor’s Challenge, highlighting its bold healthcare solutions ...

Experience the sights, culture, history and entertainment of the ancient city. The Royal Palace of the Oba of Benin is the most prestigious site in Benin and one of the most famous Royal Houses in the ...

Benin City’s story has always been one of resilience, history, and reinvention. From its origins as the political and cultural heart of the ancient Benin Empire, the cradle of black civilisation, to ...

The forthcoming Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, is sitting atop a treasure trove of cultural heritage. Valuable archaeological remains from the former Kingdom of Benin ...

THE SACKING of Benin City by a heavily armed expeditionary force in February 1897 was said to be an act of revenge in a bitter trade dispute between Britain and the Kingdom of Benin, east of Lagos.

As the countdown begins to the public opening of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, excitement and questions continue to grow. Many have wondered if the ambitious cultural project ...

A Benin Bronze head from the University of Aberdeen Museum, which the university announced last month they’ll return unconditionally to Nigeria (2021) (photo courtesy the University of Aberdeen) The ...

As the first Radisson branded hotel outside of Lagos and Abuja, the Radisson Hotel Benin City will continue to reinforce the brand awareness in Nigeria. Radisson Hotel Group has revealed further ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...