and people now want to come to Edo State to come and see.” Speaking on the criticism that trailed the project, Obaseki said he did not pull down a hospital for a museum but rather built a museum ...

In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive kingdom, was razed by the British. Their trove of looted plaques ...

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has abolished the new traditional councils created in Edo South senatorial district by ...

The Edo State Government has distanced itself from the Museum of West Africa Art (MOWA) which the previous administration of ...

The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has restored the full statutory rights of the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, ...

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has granted Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, full ownership rights to returned stolen ...

There will, however, be no Benin Bronzes on show at the museum—at least for now. While the Edo state government had initially envisaged MOWAA as a repository for sculptures and other artefacts ...

Hartwig Fischer, director of the British Museum said they were "honoured" to be working with colleagues from Edo State, the Benin Royal Palace, the Legacy Restoration Trust, the National ...

MOWAA Trust was established in 2020 to build and run museum infrastructure in Benin City. This came about because of three main reasons: The desire of Edo State to become a centre for culture ...

They are originally from what is now Edo State, in southern Nigeria. Stolen by British soldiers and sailors in 1897, most are in Western museums and private collections. The British Museum ...

MOWAA Trust was established in 2020 to build and run museum infrastructure in Benin City. This came about because of three main reasons: The desire of Edo State to become a centre for culture ...