The 2024 gubernatorial election in Ondo State holds today, Saturday, November 16 with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the ruling party, The 2024 gubernatorial election in Ondo State holds today ...

Though Benin Empire ceased to exist on February 18, 1897 when it was vanquished by the punitive expedition of Great Benin, and the eventual deposition of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi and his regime ...

At its heart was the vast sprawling palace in Benin. It was here that the Edo monarch, Ovonramwen, held court with generals, chiefs, priests, artists and foreign emissaries along with their retainers ...

Here, was an individual contesting looted arts with the Oba of Benin, somewhat re-living the perfidy of his grandfather against Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (reigned: 1888-1897), which drove the ...

He worked for Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi when the raid took place on the Royal Palace more than 120 years ago. "It makes me upset because they came, they destroyed the palace, they made my great ...

These artefacts were stolen and auctioned off by the British under the pretext of covering the cost of an exhibition to avenge the deaths of nine officers killed during a trade dispute between the ...

The contemporary works reflect this history of stolen culture. Osaretin Ighile’s piece “Oba Ovonramwen” features a sculpture in metal and wood of Ovonramwen, the last independent king of Benin, ...