LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Benin Tradition Council has banned the wearing of chieftaincy traditional costumes specifically meant for the Oba of Benin, Oba’s wives, the royal family and titled chiefs by members of the public during ceremonies. DAILY POST reports that the Benin Traditional Council listed such costumes as round coral bead (lkele), Eben (ceremonial…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Sunday, denied a claim by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole that the monarch advised against the candidature of the incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki, in 2016. According to Tribune, the Oba made the denial when Oshiomhole led All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts to the palace after Saturday’s gubernatorial…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The monarch of Benin, Omo N’ Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of aiding crimes. Oba Ewuare II, made the allegations when he received the newly deployed Benin Zonal Director of EFCC, Effa Okim, in his Palace in Benin…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Balogun of Eko, Abisoye Oshodi, has faulted the claim by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, that Lagos was founded by Binis. The Oba of Benin, who was in Lagos State on Sunday, had claimed that according to history, Lagos was founded by the Binis. The monarch, who was in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As though advancing a closing argument on the 2023 general election, the Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Sunday, in Lagos, declared that it must have pleased God to ordain Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s president, if his difficult path to victory was anything…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)Nigeria’s federal government has officially recognised the Oba of Benin as the owner and custodian of all Benin artefacts looted and carted away from the shores of the country by a British military expedition in 1897. This was revealed in an official government Gazette seen by ARISE News. By the announced law,…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has suspended Prof Gregory Akenzua, the Enogie (Duke) of Evbuobanosa Dukedom in Orhionmwon LGA of Edo State over allegations of leading a rebellion against the Benin throne. Prof Akenzua’s suspension followed several complaints and protests against him by elders across the six communities in Evbuobanosa Dukedom,…