The new monarch of the ancient kingdom of Benin will be crowned at a ceremony steeped in tradition in Nigeria’s southern Benin city.
Eheneden Erediauwa will ascend to the 186-year throne following the death of his father, Erediauwa I, in April.
He will be coronated as the 39th monarch of a kingdom that was powerful in pre-colonial times.
His father will be buried in the next few months, as tradition prohibits his funeral before a new king ascends to the throne.
As you’d expect, the story is being extensively covered in the Nigerian press, including in the This Day newspaper:
