The Benin Palace has banished the six traditional functionaries who were recently suspended for paying allegiance to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. The functionaries were accused of ...

The Benin Tradition Council has banned the wearing of chieftaincy traditional costumes specifically meant for the Oba of ...

The Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Edo State, has condemned the misuse and abuse of the Kingdom’s revered customs and ...

Benin was a large and varied kingdom ... But he also had some free time to spend with his family in their palace. Image caption, This brass plaque shows an Oba with his attendants.

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 ...

Police Zonal Headquarters in Benin City, Edo State. But the Palace Secretary, Prince Ifeakanachukwu Emordi, in a statement, described the allegations outlined in the protest as “incorrect ...