The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Oba Ewuare II, has commended former President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for resisting alleged subterranean attempts by ...

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has appointed Chief Emmanuel Iyase as the Okao Eguae (Palace District Head) for Ologbo and Ehor Dukedoms in Edo State, replacing the suspended Enigie (Dukes) of the ...

Learn interesting facts about the Kingdom of Benin, such as when it began and when the Endo people settled in the rainforest with this BBC Bitesize guide.

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has described the restoration of his full statutory rights by Governor Monday Okpebholo as ‘devastating on our detractors’.

More than five centuries after his reign, Oba Ewuare’s legacy is still alive in Benin City. He is remembered for his mystical powers, promoting arts and the bronze figures that have stood the ...

Depicting a king of Benin, it was acquired by the university in 1957 at an auction and handed back in October. Its return to the Oba of Benin palace was marked at a ceremony at the weekend.

FILE: Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, dancing at a press briefing on Friday, to the songs his grand father, Oba Akenzua II sang and danced to in 1938. This was joy over the return of the first set of ...

The Ayobahan of Benin Kingdom, Chief Osamede Adun, on Sunday cautioned some leaders of the Ulegun Community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State to stop encroaching into the Oba’s ...

The Oba's palace in Benin is one of the most popular attractions in Africa. What you should not do while visiting the Benin palace It is also the most prestigious site in Benin and one of the top ...

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has recounted how the immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki withheld statutory funding for his Palace for seven months.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN CITY— THE travails of a top chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo state, Arisco Osemwengie and others declared as “Oghion Oba”, meaning enemies of ...