Benin King News Today

One of the first things we learn about the Benin bronzes is that they were made for the Oba of Benin by a guild of bronze casters he employed and that the sculptures were displayed in the Royal Museum in the Palace in Benin City until a British military force invaded Benin in 1897,stole the artefacts, killed many Benin people, children, women, and men, and burnt the city. The invaders carried away the Benin treasures to London where they sold the looted objects to American and European insti

Let me start by congratulating Omo n’ Oba, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II on his hosting of guests on Monday, December 13, 2021. It is in his reign that the Federal Government made a pronouncement for the first time...

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku-Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has blamed the current security situation in the country on deviation