The Netherlands has returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell.

In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African auxiliaries crossed the moats and ancient mud walls around the city of Benin, in what is today southern Nigeria.

But an hour’s flight away is Benin City, the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, which, if whispers in the art world are anything to go by, is hot on Lagos’s heels. Today, Benin City is ...

A London museum has agreed to return its collection of Benin Bronzes to what is now Nigeria after the priceless ... that were forcibly removed from Benin City during an 1897 British military ...

Their final destination is expected to be the new Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City, Nigeria, which is set to open in 2025. And here in Washington, Blankenberg is dreaming up an ...

Beautifully cast by expert craftsmen from Benin City in what’s now southwest Nigeria, the Benin Bronzes have been languishing in museums all over the world for almost 125 years. Increasingly ...

A London museum has agreed to return 72 objects looted from Benin City in 1897 to the Nigerian ... in what is now the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria, during a British military operation ...