Oba of Benin

President Muhammadu Buhari receives in audience Members of Benin Traditional Council, led by Oba of Benin at the State House, Abuja.

President Buhari: Nigeria expecting return of 1130 looted Benin bronzes

April 30, 2022

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, yesterday said the credentials of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are making other contestants to shiver.

Oba of Benin: VP Osinbajo’s opponents are shivering, I admire his eloquence

April 29, 2022

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

Oba of Benin hails VP Osinbajo as son of the soil

April 28, 2022

The Emir of Daura, Umar – Faruk Umar, on Saturday said he appointed the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, as Dan Amanar Daura (trusted son of Daura) for his “dedication to the development of his emirate and Nigeria”.

Daura emir: Why I turbaned Chibuike Amaechi

February 5, 2022

The Federal Government has urged tourists and travellers to be careful wherever they notice the presence of Nigerian crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, popularly known as Bobrisky, mostly as it concerns sharing of public facilities, including toilets.

Bobrisky apologises after asking Benin monarch to marry him

January 8, 2022

Oba of Benin bans former head of servant over ‘sacrilegious acts’

October 26, 2021

University of Aberdeen approves the repatriation of bronze sculpture depicting an Oba (king) of Benin with return to happen within weeks

Cambridge college to return looted Benin bronze this month

October 15, 2021

“At this moment, l cannot say how many students were taken away by the gunmen until l get there, but we have already mobilized security men and members of the vigilantatè who are now in pursuit of the abductors,” the commissioner stated.

NDA attack: Bandits may overrun Aso Rock – YCE

August 24, 2021

Lawyer, another arraigned for ‘forgery’ in Edo

July 29, 2021

Edo Muslims pledge to support Oba of Benin over return of looted artifacts

July 22, 2021

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki

Governor Obaseki: Our actions in interest of all Edo people

July 13, 2021

Edo State Government says it will meet the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, over the anticipated return of the stolen artefacts from Europe to Nigeria.

Edo governor to meet Oba of Benin over return of stolen artefacts

July 12, 2021

Sensing the negative reactions that greeted his recent meeting with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to allegedly dissolve the leadership of the party from the ward to the state level in order to accommodate his loyalists who came from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reportedly beaten a retreat.

Governor Obaseki: Edo won’t fight Oba of Benin over returned artefacts

July 12, 2021

Oba of Benin advises Nigerian government against handing over 1,130 stolen artefacts to Edo governor

July 10, 2021

The weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) is taking place at the State House, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari presiding.

President Buhari appoints Ooni, Sultan, 40 other monarchs as universities’ chancellors — full list

July 9, 2021