Politics of the throne within the palace in ancient within Benin Kingdom

District heads wielded a near despotic power as they were in charge collecting taxes, supervision of public works also falls under this purview. To cap it all, Agho was made the president of three native

oba ovonaram wen's love for agho did not end at bestowing the title of obaseki on him. he gave him over one hundered slaves out of the iyase okizi's captives from the unwakun was of 1891. long before the

firstly, agho was placed under the care of his brother ozuwa after his father's death later under the care ogboman the father of chief eghobamen. agho early relationship with the royalty could be traced

he story of agho ogbeide oyo is that of a dependably, efficient and capable agent of the british imperial regime who filled the vacuum created by the deportation of oba ovonramwen is sentember 1897. he

oba ewuare the great ruled benin, he was a great warrior and travele. when he sent iken of uselu to wage war against the people of owo, he made his son kuoboyuwa to deputize for himsince iken had no male

The name of emokpagbe's wife was emokpolo she was of great spiritual assistance to him, the name of river igbaghon in modern time is jemison river. During the reign of oba ozolua who ruled benin from obout

i was already in practice then that people goes as far as AISABA now asaba for trading purpose. adesuwa was also a trader to the part of the kingdom. on a occasion, adesuwa went to oboro to collect debt

To take his pound of flesh on the Oba, the Oliha went into an unholy alliance Qith the Attah of Igallas. He sent one of his servant’s Aigbovuleghe to inform the Attah of Igala that the Oba was planning

the lavish and grandeur nature of the marriage ceremony was unprecedented as at then. the streets were so croweded that two peoplewere trampled to death. in the last century, some uvbi were worthy of note

Ogbewekon claim to be senior to Adolo but could not attend in benin throne due to late report of his birth to the king. His mother's kingsman instigated the rebellion against the Oba but was ruthlessly

The B.T.P.A demanded the Oba withdraw the title from chief I depending. In one of their articles, they described Idehen as a dead wood diva asked that they should be allowed to propose a candidate for

This singular act of the oba led to the formation of the Benin Tax Payers Association. the association threatened to remove the oba if he fails to reinstate the title of Iyase. The British resident officer

The arrowhead of these petitions was an eloquent and fluid writer in the person of Mr H. O Uwaifo a.k.a "The Gandhi of Benin". In all these issues the Oba maintained a non-guilty position. After

On 5th April 1933, he was crowned as king with the title of Oba Akenzua the second. He was installed by Lt. Gov. Buchana Smith. The onset of Akenzua's reign was the time the first generation of Benin educated

On returning from Lagos he was appointed transport clerk in the colonial administration. Between 1924/1925, he served as a clerk to his father. Between 1926/1927, he went to Abeokuta to understudy the

Prince Godfrey Edokparogbuyurun Bassimi Eweka was born in 1899 two years after the banishment of his grandfather Ovonaramwen to Calabar. In 1907, he started school as a pupil in government school. In late

The Oba contributed to the Baptist Church growth was complimented in later years by prominent Binis like late Chief R.A Edigin and late Mr. P.O Idehen alias "Burma Star" a veteran of the 2nd

Oba Eweka had lost Oloi Ariowa, a native of Evbodoben in 1926, she was the mother of the crowned prince, Godfrey Edokparogbuyurun Bassimi Eweka who latter became Oba Akenzua. Records have it that Oba Ewka's

By the 1920's, the influence of Christianity was already deep in the consciousness of the populace. The Baptist church was formed by a group of elders that broke out of C.M.S church which was the only