Renowned poet and writer Odia Ofeimun’s latest showpiece drama, Because of 1914, revisits the 1897 Benin expedition and Nigeria’s 1914 amalgamation. Evelyn Osagie and Esther Chibueze write. The stage ...

The Enogie of Obazuwa and younger brother to the Oba of Benin, Prince Edun Akenzua, in this interview, gives an insight into the greatness of Oba Ovonramwen and how the centenary celebration coincided ...

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The Benin Kingdom yesterday unveiled a plan for the celebration of the one-time Oba of Benin and grandfather of the present monarch, Oba Ovonramwen N’Ogbaisi, who died in 1914. The celebration was ...

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has requested land to build a memorial for the late king of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ovonramwen. He made the request during a visit to the palace of the Obong of Calabar, Edidem ...

BENIN — THE Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe and the Solomon Edebiri Centre for Change, yesterday, called for the return of stolen Bini artifacts by the British, noting that for the injustice ...

In February 1897, the year of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, a British expeditionary force sacked the ancient city of Benin. They exiled the oba, or ruler, Ovonramwen, and carted away more than ...

It is no longer news that Benin City is one of the richest in cultural heritage all over the world. Most of these cultures were preserved till date of which the National Museum plays a very prominent ...

African Arts is a quarterly journal devoted to the plastic and graphic arts of Africa, broadly defined to encompass sculpture in wood, metal, ceramic, ivory, and stone, and less familiar work in fiber ...

Students of Standard Bearers School (SBS) Lekki, Lagos, performed Ola Rotimi's historical tragedy, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. Students performing Ovonramwem Nogbaisi Sponsored by Stanbic IBTC, students of ...