In the dynamic political and social landscape of Ogun State, Nigeria, few figures embody the ideals of peace and unity as profoundly as Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola OFR. A seasoned public servant, ...

Among its most intriguing customs is the practice of the Oba (king) and his wives covering their mouths with white ...

New research reveals 19th-century Dahomey swords were locally forged using a unique method blending multiple irons, ...

A set of ancient Benin Bronzes is on its way back to Nigeria after over a century in a Dutch museum. On Monday, May 19, 2025, ...

Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently ...

Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred "katakle" three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation's ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tariffs crusade has taken aim at a number of foreign goods, from European wines and car parts from Mexico to films made abroad. Lately, the president ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's tariffs crusade has taken aim at a number of foreign goods, from European wines and car parts from Mexico to films made abroad. Lately, the president's ...

A Portsmouth man will pay Temple Israel more than $2,000 as part of a plea deal after using a hammer to smash two decorative lanterns that flanked the temple’s entrance last year. Court ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus opened a criminal case against a 78-year-old activist who became the face of the country’s pro-democracy protests in 2020, a rights organization ...

Although occultism, juju veneration and animal worship, such as python worship, are widely practiced throughout the country with its epicentre of juju and occultism is in Benin kingdom ...

But when offered at polling places on election day, the humble treat is elevated to a democracy sausage — a national, if light-heated, symbol for electoral participation.