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

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

As Rolling Stone Africa's latest cover star, Ciara took a cultural visit to Benin where she left with citizenship to the West ...

The Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Gov. Monday Okpebholo’s claim of initiating the ongoing reconstruction of the Benin-Asaba Expressway as misleading and inaccurate.

US singer Ciara has become one of the first public figures to be granted citizenship of Benin, under a new law offering ...

Ciara celebrates her Beninese roots in a striking jersey-and-cowrie-shell look, following her official citizenship under the ...

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated Governor Monday Okpebholo over his assertions on the ...

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent congratulatory messages to President Patrice Talon of Benin, and President Karin Keller-Sutter of the Swiss Confederation on the ...

Edo, is rejecting a provision in a new bill before the National Assembly. The bill aims to establish a Nigerian Council of ...

Nollywood’s epic film landscape has long been dominated by Yoruba mythology. Now, Gold Lilies Production is changing the game ...

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized Governor Monday Okpebholo for what it described as ...

A Royal seat, Benin, Cana (18th-19th century) is displayed during the exhibition "Restitution of 26 works from the royal treasury in Abomey" at the Quai Branly museum before a ceremony to mark the ...