Oba of Benin Accuses Former Governor Obaseki of Withholding Palace Funds for Seven Months

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has accused the immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, of deliberately withholding statutory funding to the royal palace for seven consecutive months in a bid to undermine the authority of the monarchy. Speaking …

Ghanaian-based Filmmaker To Premiere ‘Badagry’ In Benin

The premiere of Nollywood movie, ‘Badagry’ produced by EdoState-born Ghanaian-based film maker and President, Nollywood Ghana chapter, Destiny Omon hits the big screen with top Nollywood and Ghanaian artists featured. Some of the notable names in the movie …

Obaseki-led govt deprived my palace of statutory funds, says Oba of Benin

The Oba of Benin, HRM Ewuare II, has blamed the past administration in Edo State for deliberately starving the palace of its statutory funds, saying the move was intended to undermine the palace, but God and the ancestors did not allow them to prevail. The …

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Obaseki withheld palace fund for seven months – Oba of Benin

The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has recounted how the immediate past governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki withheld statutory funding for his Palace for seven months. This was as he alleged that the action of the previous administration was deliberately done …

MFA returns two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

“As custodians of these exceptional objects for the past 12 years, it is deeply gratifying to see them returned to their rightful owner,” he said in a statement. The restituted works, a 16th- or 17th-century commemorative head made of terracotta and iron …

Edo: Suspected cultists kill revenue collector in Benin

​ A revenue collector, identified as Emmanuel, also known as ‘Meme’, was reportedly shot dead on Thursday in Benin City by suspected cultists in what appears to be a reprisal attack. The deceased, a member of the Professional Drivers on Wheels, was killed …

Edo Govt Starved My Palace Of Funds For Seven Months, We Survived Without Support – Oba Of Benin

Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, has disclosed that the Edo State government under the previous administration withheld the palace’s statutory funds for a period of seven months. He made the revelation while …

MFA returns two stolen works from Benin Kingdom

At a ceremony Friday in New York City, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts returned two works of art that were stolen from present-day Nigeria more than a century ago. Commemorative head, 16th–17th century. Terracotta, iron. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) …

MFA will shutter gallery of Benin bronze sculptures

A collection of precious bronze and ivory masterpieces at the Museum of Fine Arts will be returned to Robert Owen Lehman’s collection of West African works from the 16th to 18th centuries at the end of this month. Lehman had lent the objects to the MFA in …