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 Nigeria (NAN) reports that the traditional rites, which will last for 14 days, took place at Eguae Iyoba N’ Uselu, by 5 Junction in Benin. This significant event …

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has released the guideline of programmes for the funeral rites of his mother, Iyoba Ewuare, II, who died in 1976, which is 49 years ago. This is according to a statement signed on Sunday by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor. However, the reason for the delay in the burial rites was …

The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has restored the full statutory rights of the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, abolishing the new traditional councils in Edo South created by the last administration. He also backed the Federal Government’s Gazette, which gave the ownership of the returned artefact to the Oba’s palace, which was looted during the 1897 Benin massacre …

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last month’s governorship election in Edo State, Dr. Asue Ighodalo has sent warm felicitations to the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, on his eighth coronation anniversary. In a letter he personally signed on Sunday, Ighodalo extolled the sterling qualities of the monarch …

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has called on Edo indigenes and residents of the state to embark on a two-week fasting and prayers to ward off evil from the land. In a statement on Tuesday by the Esere of Benin, Stanley Obamwonyi, the monarch said that the fasting will commence on 26 September to 9 October, from 6 …

It was another joyous day for the palace of the Oba of Benin as Omo N: Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, yesterday, received two artefacts, a mother hen and a bronze plaque, from the University of Iowa Museum, United States of America. This is the second time in two months that the monarch would receive returned artefacts as he …

Since the Independent National Electoral Commission declared campaigns for the 21 September governorship election in Edo State open on 23 April, what happened on Saturday remains unprecedented. On that day, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Olumide Akpata mobilised some party supporters to welcome the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, and to …

Edo State governorship candidate of Labour Party, Barrister Olumide Akpata was humiliated by the Oba of Benin during a courtesy visit he made to the monarch’s palace in Benin City, the state capital, on Saturday. Accompanied by the party’s presidential candidate in last year’s general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, Akpata had, in the course of his presentation to the Oba, …

Joseph Odidi Itotoh, the legendary educationist who raised my generation at the famous Immaculate Conception College (ICC), Benin City, was notable as a thoroughbred teacher, an uncompromising disciplinarian and a school administrator par excellence. He received us, enthusiastic little boys, into the luminous premises of the institution in September 1975. He would subsequently guide us with paternal commitment through five …

The Edo State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Asue Ighodalo has congratulated the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, and the citizens of the state on the repatriation of two significant royal stools from Germany. A statement by Team Asue Media Organization (TAMO) and personally signed by Ighodalo, read: …