In the senior category, Mathias Iguma and Friday Eribo secured second and third places, while Famous Ilekhuoba (Orhionmwon LGA) and Sunday Amuji (Egor LGA) clinched second and third positions in the ...

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his family arrived in Nigeria to celebrate the New Year with the Esama Of Benin Kingdom, Sir (Dr.) ...

This is a Benin bronze. It was cast by one of the Oba’s metalworkers to decorate the pillars of his palace. What can you see in this bronze? What might it represent? The Obas lived in a large ...

The Palace expressed serious reservations about the proposed drama, noting that it would distort the age-long custom and traditional performance of the Igue Festival. The Benin Traditional Council ...

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has begun the annual Igue festival with Ugierhoba traditional rites at his palace in Benin. The palace’s protocol was ...

He runs a foundry in Benin City, the capital of Edo state ... He worked for Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi when the raid took place on the Royal Palace more than 120 years ago. "It makes me upset ...

The Oba made his opposition clear. "The right and only legitimate destination" for the Bronzes would be a "Benin Royal Museum", he said, sited within his palace grounds. He insisted that the ...

He stated this when Professor Omoregie led the Management team of the University and members of the school’s Governing Council to the Oba’s palace in Benin City on a visit. Oba Ewuare II ...

Benin City is at least four miles wide ... plaques showing battle scenes and deeds of courage. The roofs of the palace have pointed turrets and on top of each turret there is a copper bird ...