Oba Esigie, the King of the Benin Kingdom from 1504 to 1550, made history as the first recorded Nigerian to speak a foreign ...

He said, “It is in the enlightened self-interest of the Oba of Benin to immediately reverse his current path.” Citing biblical scriptures, the cleric said ‘it is the omnipotent God that ...

has appealed to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare 11, to learn from history and de-escalate the current crisis in his kingdom. He drew the eminent Benin monarch’s attention to great kingdoms that had ...

Elekor of Ekor (Olowe III), His Royal Highness ... We migrated from Benin a long time ago, and the first settler here was Ihiekor. Ihiekor can be said to have been the first Oba before my ...

The Presiding Bishop of Macedonia Call Global Assembly, Bishop Dr. Osaren Emokpae has appealed to the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II ...

Also honoured are Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II and other top personalities during its international award ceremony in Dubai, United Arab ...

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

Another writer who was too cowardly to disclose his real identity, claimed that the Igbo nation were “slaves” of the Oba of Benin. He further averred that Igbanke was derived from a purported ...

Nigeria is a democratic country but that does not mean it doesn't have traditional rulers who play a huge role in the country. Some of these traditional rulers known as First Class Kings, are ...

Before the British came and as far back as the 16th century, the Alaafin and the Oba of Benin ruled over vast territories and in the case of the Alaafin, his empire stretched over territories ...