The Oba sacrificed huge numbers of cattle to the gods. This plaque is now in the British Museum in London. Metal workers in Benin made beautiful plaques, masks and statues for the Oba. These are ...

The Oba sacrificed huge numbers of cattle to the ... with Prince Oranmiyan when he arrived to found the kingdom of Benin. The mask was worn by a dancer in the Ododua ceremony to celebrate the ...

Itua added that the governor also complied with the Federal Government’s directive by restoring the full statutory rights of the Oba of Benin on the ownership of ancient artefacts looted by the ...

The Benin Palace has banished the six traditional functionaries who were recently suspended for paying allegiance to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. The functionaries were accused of ...

The Court of the Oba of Benin, thought to have been painted in the 1940s, is described as a "masterpiece" by the auctioneers, but was never documented and was held in a private collection.

or Oba, of Benin, Ewuare II, summoned "all well-meaning people" to an emergency meeting in the Edo capital Benin City earlier this month, it was not in celebration. Hundreds answered the Oba's ...