In March 2002, the Benin Royal Palace and Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture formally requested that “all the cultural property belonging to the Oba of Benin illegally taken ...

Oba of Benin, Omo N' Oba N' Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has rounded-off his mother's funeral rites, which has been on for the past six weeks.

Benin was a large and varied kingdom ... knees and nobody could look at him without his permission. Palace chiefs ran the royal court, organised the craft workers and made agreements with European ...

The Edo State Government has officially ratified the suspension of the 71 Enigie by the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II. The ...

Meghan Markle was accused of having a “messiah complex” by former palace aides before her shocking royal exit with husband Prince Harry, according to a prominent royal author. Author Tom Quinn ...

While Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia actually live at Drottningholm Palace (some 20 minutes west of Stockholm), Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace) serves as their workplace and is the ...

He said the Oba, with support from NCMM, was working to establish the Benin Royal Museum, which would eventually house some of the artefacts. "So, the Oba has given the NCMM the blessing to ...

Edo State Government has officially ratified the decision of the Oba of Benin to suspend 71 Enigies, thereby overriding five ...

LAGOS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Nigeria's national museum commission will be responsible for retrieving and keeping priceless Benin Bronzes, taking on the task with the assent of the royal ruler ...