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

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has authorized the chiefs, priests and priestesses of various deities in Benin Kingdom to lay curses on those who will henceforth abuse the royal paraphernalia during ...

A look a one of the icons of highlife music, Osayomore Joseph and his history of making bold, protest music that made him a target, but also a superstar.

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 ...

An ex-policeman, Prophet John Osagie Odigie, turned 90 on January 4, 2025, which he marked for the first time with elaborate birthday celebration and launch of his autobiography, titled: “A Man Sent ...

The Edo people should apply immense pressure on the State Government to establish and fund an Edo Language Commission.

BENIN CITY – THE people of Uselu N’Ahor in the Ikpoba-Okah local government area of Edo State on Sunday raised an alarm of alleged invasion by their neighbour Ahor over a controversial ...

This move, ostensibly to promote MOWAA, also served as a veiled fight against the palace of the Oba of Benin. We all witnessed it. In a nutshell, Obaseki’s MOWAA building is occupying the very ...

A former chairman of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), Oba Otudeko, has reportedly left ... disclosed that he was dropped off at the Nigeria-Benin border by a family member. The development came ...

The Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, shares his thoughts with BANKOLE TAIWO on his journey to the throne and why he has not remarried since after his wife’s death, among other issues ...

The Obas had more than one wife. The Ibiwe association looked ... In 1897, a group of British officials tried to visit Benin to depose the Oba, although they claimed that they merely wanted ...

Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, were among the notable dignitaries at the palace of the Olu Orile Ilawo Kingdom, Abeokuta, Ogun State, where Dr. Kadri Adeshina and his wife, Ajokeade, were installed as ...