•Oba of Benin The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has said it was not in any form of contestation with the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II. It said it never encroached on the jurisdiction of the Benin monarch. Counsel for MOWAA, Olayiwola Afolabi, spoke in Benin City after hearing of the suit filed […]
•Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, yesterday concluded his mother’s funeral rites; six weeks after the ceremony began, with a thanksgiving service at the Holy Aruosa Cathedral Church, also known as Edo National Church, Benin City. Iyoba Omo N’Ikuoyemwen, Iyoba Ewuare, passed away 49 years ago, but her funeral […]...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State Edo State Government has ratified the decision of the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, to suspend 71 Enigie (Dukes) in Benin Kingdom, thereby overriding five executive orders issued by former governor, Godwin Obaseki. Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paul Ohon...
•Oba of Benin, Ewuare II 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 yesterday by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor. However, the […]
•Oba of Benin The Oba of Benin, HRM Ova Ewuare II, has approved the 2024 program of activities for the annual Igue festival, also known as ‘Ugie’. During this festival, funeral celebrations are not permitted in Benin. In a statement, the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr. Frank Irabor, conveyed that the monarch […]...
•Oba of Benin, Ewuare II The Palace of Oba of Benin has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo (ACERE). The foregoing is contained in a statement issued by Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro, the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, yesterday. […]
•Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II Indigenes of Obarune village in Ovia North East LGA of Edo, have appealed to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, to intervene in the planned attempt by some high-handed palace functionaries to foist non-indigenes on them as leaders. The elders’ appeal was contained in a petition titled “Protest […]
•Oba of Benin and Rema The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has honoured Afrobeats megastar Rema with a royal plaque. The presentation took place yesterday at the Oba’s palace as Rema, whose real name is Divine Ikubor, visited ahead of his highly anticipated homecoming concert at Ogbe Stadium in Benin City, reports Nigerian Tribune. […]
•Oba of Benin The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has called on the federal government to intensify efforts in the implementation of its economic policies to cushion the effects of hardship on the people. Oba Ewuare II, who made the call through his Chief Press Secretary, Osaigbovo Iguobaro, in Benin today, […]
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