The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has led a spiritual purification ceremony against evil forces ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, leads the ancient Ugie Emobo rite, a purification ceremony during the Igue festival to ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Sunday released programmes for the funeral rites of his mother, 49 years after her transition. DAILY POST reports that the Benin monarch who disclosed this in a ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has released spiritual power against evil forces while performing the sacred Ugie Emobo rite, one of the traditional ceremonies of the annual Igue festival in the ...

The restitution of Benin bronzes by European institutions may now have a clearer pathway as the Nigerian government has officially recognized the artifacts as belonging to the traditional king, Oba ...

He has five wives, a $500,000 Rolls Royce — and is trying to get back $30 billion in artworks stolen from his ancestors 135 years ago, including some of the Met Museum’s most precious works. Oba ...

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, is by far one of the regal monarchs in modern-day Nigeria. The reason is not far-fetched because he has remained true to his identity and ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has cautioned politicians and other stakeholders in Nigeria against election violence. Oba Ewuare II, gave the advice when the delegation of European Union Mission ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday started the burial ceremony of his mother, Iyoba Omo N’ Ikuoyemwen, Iyoba Ewuare II, with various traditional rites (Iwarinnwin). The News Agency of ...

On September 11, 2020, I wrote about the Oba of Benin, the one who sits, speaks and treads with a candour, the one who men cower in his presence, and women differ to his being, and children look at in ...

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has granted Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, full ownership rights to returned stolen artefacts. Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS), in a statement on Sunday, ...

The traditional ruler of the Benin Kingdom in southern Nigeria has welcomed a US museum’s decision to return two precious artefacts stolen by British forces in the 19th century. In a ceremony at the ...