Benin City Nigeria Temple Wiki

Nigeria’s third temple was announced by President Russell M. Nelson on 5 April 2020 at the concluding session of the 190th Annual General Conference. ^[2]“Prophet Announces Six New Temples at October 2020 General Conference.” newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org, 4 Oct. 2020, newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2020-general-conference-temples.

Nigeria Temples at Time of Announcement

Announced

• Lagos Nigeria

Under Construction

• –

Dedicated

• Aba Nigeria [2005]

On March 24, 2025, the official exterior rendering for the Benin City Nigeria Temple was released to the public.^[4]”Milestones Announced for Five Temples Around the World,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 24 Mar. 2025.

Ground was broken for the Benin City Nigeria Temple on May 24, 2025, with Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran — a General Authority Seventy and first counselor in the Africa West Area presidency — presiding. It was held just two weeks after the groundbreaking of another Africa temple, in Lagos Nigeria.

At the Benin City temple groundbreaking, Elder Ojediran said: “Temples are sacred places where we make sacred covenants with God and receive blessings for ourselves and our families, living and dead. They are houses of the Lord, places of peace and learning, where we can seek spiritual guidance for crucial decisions and concerns, and where we can receive revelations and draw closer to God.”

A 2.17-acre site located at 16 Commercial Avenue in Benin City has been chosen as the location for the temple.

The site will also host an arrival center and patron housing.

Plans call for a two-story temple of approximately 30,700 square feet