Group Lauds FG, Edo Govt For Facilitating Museum Of W’frican Arts In Benin

The Board of Trustees of the Edo Unity League has lauded the Federal Government and the Government of Edo State for facilitating the siting of the Museum of West African Arts( MOWAA )in Benin City, Edo State. The group said the edifice meant to...

Opinion: The humbling of Tinubu’s daughter at the Benin Palace, by Oluwafemi Popoola

Editor’s note: In this piece, journalist Oluwafemi Popoola recounts how a visit to the Benin Palace by President Tinubu’s daughter, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, turned into a royal reminder of cultural boundaries. He captures what the Oba of Benin’s firm...

 Benin Monarch To Tinubu’s Daughter: ‘Our Markets Have No General Leader’ 

3 The tension between cultural traditions and imported titles came into sharp relief last week at the ancient palace of Oba Ewuare II, when Mrs. Folashade Ojo-Tinubu, first daughter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sought to introduce a newly...

The Humbling of Tinubu’s Daughter at the Benin Palace -By Oluwafemi Popoola

When I came across the story of what transpired in the Benin Palace few days ago, I was struck by its weight and symbolism. The sight of Nigeria’s First Daughter, Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, in her capacity as Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, walking...

Nigeria 65: Never created to be united but as a trade zone – Adebayo

By Sunday Ani Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has expressed sadness over the level of disunity in Nigeria after 65 years of independence, saying that...

Development Leaders Push Border Modernization to Unlock African Trade Potential

The trucks still line up for hours at African border crossings, drivers sometimes waiting days to clear customs checkpoints that haven’t fundamentally changed in decades. It’s a familiar scene that development leaders gathering in Abidjan say...

Adebayo: Nigeria’s Foundation Rooted In Accidental Trade Beginnings

2 eader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Prince Adewole Adebayo has expressed sadness over the level of disunity in Nigeria after 65 years of independence, saying that at the outset,...

Benin Monarch To Tinubu’s Daughter: ‘Iyaloja Title Alien To Our Culture’

1 A mild controversy has erupted in Benin City, Edo State, following a visit by Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Tinubu and national leader of market women, to the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II. Tinubu-Ojo, who holds the title of...

ECOWAS Boosts Youth Engagement In Regional Integration Via Installation Of Club At Parakou University, Benin

3 The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has installed its club at the University of Parakou, the Benin Republic, to strengthen youth engagement and regional integration. ECOWAS Resident Representative, Ambassador Amadou Diongue,...

Nigeria @65: We started accidentally as a trade zone — Adebayo

Leader of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has lamented the level of disunity in Nigeria, declaring that the country began “accidentally” as a trade zone rather than as a...

Edo Unity League Eulogises Facilitators Of Museum Of West African Arts In Benin City

5 Francis Onoiribholo The Board of Trustees of the Edo Unity League has given kudos to the Government of Edo State, the Federal Government and the entire facilitators of the Museum of West African Arts Benin City, for the monumental edifice, which...

Iyaloja-General at Oba of Benin’s palace, by Festus Adedayo 

The earliest example of personal rule gone awry in the world was given in the biblical account of Eli, the prophet. Personal rule has become prevalent in Africa and other Third World countries. In the account, Eli was High Priest and Judge of...

Iyaloja-general at Oba of Benin’s palace

The earliest example of personal rule gone awry in the world was given in the biblical account of Eli, the prophet. Personal rule has become prevalent in Africa and other Third World countries. In the account, Eli was High Priest and Judge of...

ARB Apex Bank holds 24th CEOs conference on digital transformation and financial inclusion

By Ewurabena Paha All 146 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) across Ghana have converged on the Western Regional capital, Takoradi, for the 24th edition of their annual conference. The four-day event, themed...

Imposition of an Iyaloja on market women in Edo state: A call for discretion

Somewhere and sometimes in the past, with emergence of Alh. Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President, his first daughter, Folashade Ojo, created and assumed the role of the Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, a title and position which is strange and not...

Benin Market Women Protest Iyaloja Installation, Back Oba Of Benin

October 03, (THEWILL) — Thousands of market women in Benin City, on Friday, staged protests across major markets to denounce the purported installation of Pastor Josephine “Otagbogbo” Ibhaguezejele as “Iyaloja” of Benin markets. The women, who...

Luxury Nigerian leather reclaims its home market

Most Nigerian leather, often semi-finished, is exported to Europe and Asia, and turned into luxury items bearing international brand labels, with zero trace of its origins. However, with her homegrown brand, Isi Omiyi creates high-end pieces to...

Oba Ewuare rejects Iyaloja title in Edo, says Benin markets recognise only Iyeki

Politics By Anthony Isibor THE Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has firmly rejected the introduction of the Iyaloja (market leader) title in Edo State, declaring that the concept is alien to Benin tradition and culture. According to...

More Nigerian  business, public sector leaders endorse “Leading in a Storm”

Politics MOMENTUN continues to build around “Leading in a Storm” as a new wave of prominent Nigerian thought leaders—Prof. Tunji Olaopa, Dr. Toye Sobande, Dr. Ademola Adebise, and Dr. Michael Onuoha—praise the book’s relevance, clarity, and...

Oba of Benin: ‘No one has the right to control another in a different market’

Different strokes for different folks, goes the saying. Nothing amplifies this age-long wisecrack more than the visit last Tuesday’s visit of the first daughter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mrs. Folashade Ojo-Tinubu, to the palace of Oba Ewuare...