in accordance with the Benin customs and tradition, the royal funeral rites could not be performed until the Edaiken (Crown Prince) ascends the throne, and crowned the OBA that the Oba had to ...
And in that long and turbulent history, the Benin Bronzes ... and looking straight out at us, is the oba. He's on his throne wearing a high helmet-like crown. His neck is completely invisible ...
According to him, the funeral rites have to wait until the Edaiken, the Crown Prince – is thereafter crowned the Oba of Benin in line with Benin customs and tradition. The secretary recalled ...
Some people lived in villages and small towns, but most people lived and worked in Benin City. The most important person in the kingdom was the king, known as the Oba. Hundreds of men and women ...
According to Benin Customs and tradition, the funeral rites cannot hold until the current Oba, who was then the Edaiken (Crown Prince), was crowned. The ceremony, which would last until March 27 ...
Irabor made this known in a statement in Benin on Friday. “This decision was made by Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, due to their alleged anti-palace and rebellious activities against the Oba of Benin ...
According to Benin Customs and tradition, the funeral rites cannot hold until the current Oba, who was then the Edaiken (Crown Prince), was crowned. The ceremony, which would last until March 27 ...
Irabor said that their suspension was a result of their anti-palace and rebellious activities against the Oba of Benin and the traditional institution. “This decision was made by Ewuare ll ...
According to a statement by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor, the funeral rites could not be performed until the now-oba, who was Edaiken (Crown Prince), was crowned ...
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday held the ancient Ekasa dance in honour of his late mother, Iyoba Omo N’ikuoyemwen, who died 49 years ago. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that ...
This orchestrated design was undertaken in several ways, including: “i) Through the unwarranted attempt to appropriate ancient ancestral artefacts which belong to the Oba of Benin ...