The ancient city of Ijebu Ode in Ogun State sparkled with royal splendour as dignitaries, traditional rulers, and well-wishers gathered to celebrate the 91st birthday of the revered Awujale and ...

ShareA retired civil servant and politician, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Abraham Olatunji, is the Ajagun of Imeke Kingdom in ...

After about 500 years of imperial dominance—extending into present-day Republic of Benin and Togo, and reaching the Sahelian fringes of Nupe, Borgu, and parts of Hausaland—the fall of the Old Oyo ...

Contemporary royals have dominated the news in recent days and weeks. The manifest unseemly conduct of some of them, is ...

Oba Aladeseyi was arrested with four Chiefs on Wednesday evening on the orders of the Ondo State Government. The embattled ...

The Mayors' Council of Guam announced that Layla Cabrini Espinal has formally surrendered her title, and former Royal Princess Aaliya Monique Benin is now Guam's 80th Liberation Queen. A simple ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return to Robert Owen Lehman twenty- seven Benin artefacts while keeping five of the ...

"They must be entrusted to the descendants of the enslaved," not returned unconditionally to Nigeria, writes one stakeholder.

I never heard of Igbanke until 2001. They are six clans of an Igbo subgroup in Orhiomwhon Local Government Area of Edo State.

From the vibrant Ojude Oba Festival to the colourful Igue Festival, these six Nigerian cultural festivals are worth attending this year.

Esigie not only welcomed Portuguese ambassadors and missionaries but also personally embraced their culture and language.

But now that the relationship is unraveling, the museum can — and should — pursue a measure of justice. The story begins in ...