And in that long and turbulent history, the Benin Bronzes ... that celebrate the battles won by the army of the Benin ruler, the oba, and the rituals of the oba's court. They're not only great ...
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 ...
The Palace of Oba of Benin has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo (ACERE). This is contained in a ...
On Thursday, the Monarch, Oba Ewuare Il, hosted the age-long Igue traditional wrestling competition, as part of activities to ...
was silent on the name of the aspirant but said some of those jostling for the party’s ticket had given tacit support to former Governor Godwin Obaseki against the revered Benin Monarch, Oba ...
BENIN CITY – THE Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, has lauded the inauguration of Professor Edoba Omoregie (SAN) as the 11th Vice Chancellor of the University ...
He stated that Okpebholo also complied with the Federal Government’s directive by restoring the full statutory rights of the Oba of Benin on the ownership of ancient artefacts looted by the ...
He worked for Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi when the raid ... The artefacts are akin to a library as they tell the history of the kingdom of Benin, he says. "You now have empty shelves.
The return of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria would mark an extraordinary moment in Africa's post-colonial history ... is the great-great grandson of the Oba who was toppled by the British in ...
And in that long and turbulent history, the Benin Bronzes ... that celebrate the battles won by the army of the Benin ruler, the oba, and the rituals of the oba's court. They're not only great ...