Earlier this month, the second edition of the annual Vodun Days celebration in Ouidah, Benin. The three-day festival, which took place on January 9, 10 and 11, celebrated Beninese art, culture and ...

“The indiscriminate use of the coral bead (Ikele), Eben, and Okuku will no longer be tolerated by the Palace of the Oba of Benin.” He clarified that the Eben (ceremonial sword) is reserved solely for ...

The Benin Tradition Council has banned the wearing of chieftaincy traditional costumes specifically meant for the Oba of Benin, Oba’s wives, the royal family and titled chiefs by members of the ...

Recent events surrounding Chief Oba Otudeko, Chairman of the Honeywell Group, illustrate this phenomenon. The 81-year-old grew up in Odogbolu, Ogun State, and became a chartered banker ...

Holy Aruosa is the creation of the Benin monarch. Created in the 15th century during the era of Oba Esigie, it is a replica of the Church of England or the Reformed Dutch Church. A number of the ...

AP Photo/Sunday Alamba A man sprinkles water as Zangbeto masquerades the traditional Voodoo guardians of the night performing ahead of the annual Voodoo Festival in Ouidah, Benin, Thursday ...

Oba Otudeko, the former Chairman of First Bank ... According to TheCable Newspaper, Otudeko left the country through a land border, allegedly crossing into Benin Republic on Thursday evening. Security ...

According to the EFCC, the four committed the fraud in tranches of N5.2billion, N6.2billion, N6.150billion, N1.5billion and N500million, between 2013 and 2014 in Lagos. The Federal High Court in ...

A group, the Oyo Scholars Congress (OSC) has extended its heartfelt congratulations to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade on the assumption to the throne of his forebears.

OUIDAH, Benin - Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's annual voodoo festival, as spectators learn about the reptiles ...

This repository contains source files for OBA (Ontology of Biological Attributes). The Ontology of Biological Attributes (OBA) is a formalised, species-independent collection of interoperable ...

HE Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari ...