Age-old storytelling traditions are being revived in the West African nation to teach children and teens timeless African ...

In southern Benin, the Diocese of Abomey is the only one to appoint women as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. La ...

The Benin Traditional Council has indefinitely suspended the Enogie of Utesi in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Chief Osazuwa Napoleon, for alleged acts of defiance against the ...

DAILY POST reports that the Benin Traditional Council listed such costumes as round coral bead (lkele), Eben (ceremonial word) and Okuku (head-gear for the Oba’s wives (Queens). A statement ...

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

The Benin Traditional Council has announced that 67 Enigie in the Benin Kingdom have been suspended with immediate effect. This was confirmed by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council ...

Prior to British colonial rule in the late 19th century, many indigenous polities flourished across the region ... notable kingdoms included the Yoruba empires of Ife and Oyo, the Benin Kingdom, the ...

The Benin Traditional Council has announced the suspension of 67 Enigie in Benin Kingdom, with immediate effect. Frank Irabor, the Secretary of Benin Traditional Council, made this known in a ...

A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at five junctions in Benin. Court adjourns Benin ...

The suspension, conveyed in a letter referenced BTC.A40/VOL.LVVI/351 and dated February 18, 2025, was signed by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor, and addressed to Chief ...

Sixty seven Enigie in Benin Kingdom have been suspended. The Benin Traditional Council announced their suspension yesterday. Secretary of Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor, made this known ...