Leaders from the Museum of Fine Arts presented the historic pieces, looted in a 19th century raid, to Nigerian officials in New York.

Yet MOWAA already stands shoulders above most other Nigerian museums, where many valuable artefacts are shut away in old warehouses. In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive ...

It’s possible that the returned Benin works, having left old homes in Europe, may touch down for only a relatively brief interval in Nigeria before proceeding to new homes elsewhere ...

News; Sci/Tech; Smithsonian gives back 29 Benin bronzes to Nigeria: ‘We are not owners’ Oct. 11, 2022 Updated Tue., Oct. 11, 2022 at 4:33 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. - OCTOBER 11: One of the Benin ...

From Benin City, Nigeria, to Palermo, Marseille, and beyond: Nigerian criminal groups have succeeded in developing their trafficking activities in Africa, but also in Europe. Mafia Africa (Flammarion, ...

Some customers in southern Nigeria's Warri and Benin City reportedly set fire to two commercial banks. Nigerians have faced long queues at cash machines with some sleeping outside banks to try and ...

The artefact is a "Benin Bronze", a priceless cultural object looted from modern-day Nigeria more than 120 years ago, now being removed from display and returned to its rightful home.

Each of the artifacts was looted by British soldiers in an infamous raid of Benin City (present-day Nigeria) in 1897. The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for our daily newsletter.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Netherlands on Thursday returned 119 artifacts looted from Nigeria, including human and animal figures, plaques, royal regalia and a bell. The artifacts, known as the Benin ...

Some customers in southern Nigeria's Warri and Benin City reportedly set fire to two commercial banks. Nigerians have faced long queues at cash machines with some sleeping outside banks to try and ...