General, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Mustafa Abdullahi, has stated that sharing six per cent of Nigeria’s hydro power with close neighbours, Benin Republic, is strategic even as the nation is still ...

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

As the vibrant rhythms of traditional drums fill the air, Oscar Ue-bi's eyes gleam behind his intricately carved Zaouli mask.

Thousands of spectators gathered in Benin on Sunday for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a vibrant cultural event ...

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

Residents of Kwara and Niger rejoice as feared terror leader Mahmuda, who tormented border communities, is reportedly ...

Minister Odumegwu-Ojukwu has visited Nigerian pastor Benjamin Egbaji, jailed in Benin Republic, reaffirming the government’s citizen diplomacy commitment.

The commission’s Director-General outlined efforts to boost renewables and addressed concerns over electricity exports.

US Grammy winner Ciara becomes one of the first public figures to gain Benin citizenship under My Afro Origins Law.

U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of enslaved people. The ...

A sculpture from the mid-16th to 17th century depicting warriors that is among the Benin Bronzes held by the Smithsonian. The museum said that it would return a majority of its collection of the ...