Hundreds of men and women lived at the royal court, and looked after the Oba and his family. The people of Benin traded with merchants from Europe and with other African kingdoms. Instead of using ...

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Instead of using money they exchanged goods. The people of Benin believed that their Oba was a god. He lived inside the royal court in Benin City. The Oba led religious ceremonies. The Oba also ...

They are a key example of artefacts that the British took by military force and have not given back, despite requests from the Benin Royal Court. Benin prince calls for stolen sculpture's return ...

Nigerian photographer Solomon Osagie Alonge’s scenes of Benin City and the Benin Royal Court, and a historical collection of over 16,000 postcards. Special collections also include late 19th- and ...

A Benin Republic court has remanded four Nigerian nationals arrested and arraigned for illegal migration in the country. These Nigerian nationals were earlier declared missing by their family ...

There will be no out-of-court settlement ... which was housed at the Benin Royal Museum, opposite the King’s palace. The governor wanted the artefacts to be at the Edo Museum of West African ...

The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States have opted not to hear a case that sought to block the Smithsonian Institution from returning 29 Benin Bronzes from its collection to Nigeria.

The group concluded that the statue "belongs with the current Oba at the Court of Benin ... delegates from the commission and Benin, on 27 October. His Royal Majesty, Oba of Benin, Omo N'Oba ...

Manama, Oct. 26 (BNA): Bahrain (1) achieved a decisive 43-14 victory over Benin in the handball competition at the ongoing International School Sports Federation (ISF) Gymnasiade Bahrain 2024. Bahrain ...

These included “The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies” by Gu Kaizhi ... October 2021 and that representatives of the Benin Royal Palace have made a number of public ...