It comes after calls for it to return stolen artefacts to the ancient city. Historians say Benin City, formerly known as Edo, boasted earthen walls longer than the Great Wall of China. Broadcaster ...

Opening of the Museum of West African Art Institute in the Nigerian city will include a live archaeological dig ...

At a time when there have been wide speculations about the Shoprite brand closing business in Nigeria, the new branch in ...

In the heart of Benin City, the Museum of West African Arts , MOWAA, is rising as a cultural beacon, reclaiming the ancient ...

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 ...