Edo, has rejected the provision in the ongoing bill in the National Assembly trying to establish the Nigerian Council of ...

Benin's citizenship law carries significance in part because of the role it played in the transatlantic slave trade.

A 45-year-old artist, Balogun Omokhafe, also known as Hakuzion, on Monday completed a four-day trek from his hometown in ...

Francis Onoiribholo Edo State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo on Wednesday, undertook a comprehensive inspection tour of critical infrastructure projects across Benin City, the ...

Singer Ciara gains Benin citizenship under Afro-descendant law, honoring slave trade history and Black diaspora heritage.

U.S. singer Ciara has become a citizen of Benin as part of the West African country’s initiatives encouraging people of African descent to reclaim their heritage. Ciara acquired citizenship at a ...

Benin-City, the Edo State capital, is wearing carnival-like looks as the much anticipated AFN National Trials get underway at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Sunday (today) and climax on Tuesday, 18 ...

Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Nayef Al-Mudhaf said the relationship between Kuwait and ...

The ancient city of Benin, the Edo State capital, witnessed an artistic rebirth when some legendary and emerging Nigerian visual artists converged on the red city for a 10-day Benin Art Fair.

Benin City (now the capital of Edo state in Nigeria, not Benin, the small country to Nigeria’s west) remained independent until the end of the 19th century.