and a festival called Ugie Erha festival to honour his Oba ancestors. Ewuare rebuilt the capital of the kingdom, Edo City, which is present-day Benin City. A wall was built around the capital and ...

The Palace of Oba of Benin, has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo (ACERE). This is contained in a ...

Spectators poured into Benin's capital for a new festival celebrating traditional masks over the weekend as the West African country seeks to attract visitors and showcase its cultural heritage.