The military invasion, dubbed The Benin Punitive Expedition, resulted in the sacking of the palace of the then Oba of Benin, ...

FOR the past weeks, the media have been inundated with the inauguration of an Iyaloja of Edo Market and the subsequent visit ...

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, says the Benin Kingdom will commence the eating of new yams after a palace ceremony on Sept. 30. This is contained in a statement by ...

To attempt to superimpose such a structure is not innovation; it is cultural imposition. It is, quite frankly, an act of ...

A group of market women in Benin City, Edo State, has declared support for the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, amid the ...

the monarch told Tinubu-Ojo and her entourage that the concept of Iyaloja was alien to the Benin Kingdom. Oba Ewuare II said ...

Through vivid storytelling, analyst Oluwafemi Popoola recounts how the Oba of Benin rebuked Tinubu’s daughter, ...

Madam Florence Ahunwan, who led the women to the palace, hailed the Oba for explaining the Edo market women’s leadership ...

Nigeria expects to get more of its plundered Benin Bronzes back from Western museums and collectors as early as next year as global Black Lives Matter protests spur repatriation campaigns, a senior ...

In the Republic of Benin, the fight for women’s rights and dignity is gaining momentum. Dahoun Nondjinon Landros Biova, a sociologist and anthropologist who leads the (AFSLR-Benin), is one of the ...

The traders had turned down plan by Folashade-Ojo to install Pastor (Mrs) Josephine Ibhaguezejele as Edo market leader, ...