The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to take custody of the looted artifacts awaiting repatriation from Europe on behalf of the palace until the Benin Royal Museum

Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has expressed displeasure that some some groups of individuals, using pseudo names, are negotiating the recovery of stolen Benin artworks on behalf of the throne.

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has lauded the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, for celebrating the age- long Oranmiyan Festival.

This really is about a paradigm of non-resolution of the aboriginal question in Nigeria. It came to light that a certain community known as Ologboin Edo state had been engulfed by communal tension...

As the Edo State governorship election inches closer, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has called on the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Godwin Obaseki, and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Osagie Ize-lyamu, to caution their supporters and eschew violence. Also charging the former national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, to…

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare N’Ogidgan 11, yesterday, explained that the Palace of the Oba of Benin does not get involved in partisan politics.

• APC accuses S’South gov of plotting to rig guber election • YIAGA Africa tasks media on violence-free polls Edo indigenes in the Diaspora and Members of Benin Club of Massachusetts, United States of America (USA), yesterday, condemned assault on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and some members at the Palace of the Oba of…

The palace of the Oba of Benin Uku Akpolokpolo has distanced itself from a trending video where some members of Benin kingdom insulted Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari. Secretary to the Traditional Council of Benin Frank Irabo in a statement said the contents were not commissioned nor approved by the Benin monarch Oba Akpolokpolo. The Benin…

Oba of Benin, Omo N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, yesterday pleaded with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to reconsider reversing the creation of new emirates in Kano State.

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has charged traditional rulers of the South South region not to allow militants to determine what happens in their communities.

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has promised to establish a multi-million naira memorial research centre in Calabar, Cross River State.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, commended the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, for strengthening the country’s cultural diversity through the ongoing National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) being hosted by Edo State.