Description: Africa's largest oil pipeline connecting Benin, and Niger is nearly complete, Niger to pump more crude as pipeline works accelerate, Department of Petroleum Resources, Benin Field hold AGM, End-users of petroleum products in Benin City raised alarm over emergence of bad petrol
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Benin City is a city (2006 est. pop. 1,147,188) and the capital of Edo State in southern Nigeria . It is a city approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Benin River. It is situated 320 kilometres (200 mi) by road east of Lagos . Benin is the centre of Nigeria's rubber industry, but processing palm nuts for oil is also an important traditional industry.
The original people and founders of the Benin Empire, the Edo people, were initially ruled by the Ogiso (Kings of the Sky) dynasty who called their land Igodomigodo. The rulers or kings were commonly known as Ogiso. Igodo, the first Ogiso, wielded much influence and gained popularity as a good ruler. He died after a long reign and was succeeded by Ere, his eldest son. In the 12th century, a great palace intrigue and battle for power erupted between the warrior crown prince Ekaladerhan son of the last Ogiso
The Benin Empire was a pre- colonial empire located in what is now southern Nigeria . Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City , Edo . It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin , formerly called Dahomey . The Benin Empire was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa , dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE", until it was annexed by the British Empire in 1897.