THE Otaru of Igarra and Akuku clan in the Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State, HRH Oba Emmanuel Adeche Saiki II on ...

The Palace of Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo in Lagos.

So, the Benin Airport has one of the top 3 busiest domestic terminals in Nigeria. Inside Benin lies a lot of wealth. Oben, a ...

and a festival called Ugie Erha festival to honour his Oba ancestors. Ewuare rebuilt the capital of the kingdom, Edo City, which is present-day Benin City. A wall was built around the capital and ...

BEFORE 2009, they were dreaded warlords in the creeks of the Niger Delta whose activities created fear, especially among the government and its security forces, eager to keep the oil ...

The legacy of the bloodline of royalty and nobility is traceable from Oba Ozolua the Great, who was the founder of the Sabongida Ora’s family ancestral homestead. He ruled Benin in the 15th century.

The Vodun religion, also spelled “Vodou,” originated in the Kingdom of Dahomey, present-day Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Ghana.

Welcome to the ancient town of Ouidah, in southern Benin, a mecca of gods and spirits where the celebration of the annual Voodoo festival brings a mix of tourism and religion in a clash of ...