Ewuare rebuilt the capital of the kingdom, Edo City, which is present-day Benin City. A wall was built around the capital and included moats for increased protection. The wall took decades to ...

Ewuare rebuilt the capital of the kingdom, Edo City, which is present-day Benin City. A wall was built around the capital and included moats for increased protection. The wall took decades to ...

Is the Benin Kingdom related to the Yoruba Kingdom ... Lagos, Nigeria's largest city and chief port, was settled by Yoruba people in the 14th century, who called it "Oko." In the 15th century ...

In the senior category, Mathias Iguma and Friday Eribo secured second and third places, while Famous Ilekhuoba (Orhionmwon ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In November 1892, after two years of skirmishes between French colonialist troops and the African kingdom ...

The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from the West African kingdom of Benin ... meeting in the Edo capital Benin City earlier this month, it was not in ...

Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Benin City. Itua added ... traditional ruler of Benin Kingdom, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku ...

BENIN CITY – THE governor of Edo State ... respects the rights and privileges of the traditional ruler of Benin Kingdom, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare ll and pledges the ...