In southern Benin, the Diocese of Abomey is the only one to appoint women as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. La Croix International spoke with one of the pioneers of this ministry in a ...

The Benin Traditional Council has indefinitely suspended the Enogie of Utesi in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Chief Osazuwa Napoleon, for alleged acts of defiance against the ...

DAILY POST reports that the Benin Traditional Council listed such costumes as round coral bead (lkele), Eben (ceremonial word) and Okuku (head-gear for the Oba’s wives (Queens). A statement ...

Age-old storytelling traditions are being revived in the West African nation to teach children and teens timeless African ...

The Edo State Government has officially ratified the suspension of the 71 Enigie by the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II. The ...

The Benin Traditional Council has announced that 67 Enigie in the Benin Kingdom have been suspended with immediate effect. This was confirmed by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council ...

Some of the 67 suspended Enigie (Dukes) of the Benin Kingdom have appealed to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, for clemency ...

Describes their actions as cultural coup d’état Edo State Government has officially ratified the decision of the Oba of Benin to suspend 71 Enigies, thereby overriding five Executive ...

A procession of the Ekasa dancers will dance across various Queen mothers’ traditional worship sites, including Iyoba Ikuoyemwen’s statue at five junctions in Benin. Court adjourns Benin ...

The suspension, conveyed in a letter referenced BTC.A40/VOL.LVVI/351 and dated February 18, 2025, was signed by the Secretary of the Benin Traditional Council, Frank Irabor, and addressed to Chief ...