Nigeria's new Oba of Benin: the coronation of a lifetime Over 100,000 people gathered in the Nigerian kingdom of Benin last Thursday to crown their new king or 'Oba', Ewuare II. Nigeria, is deeply divided between a Muslim north and a Christian south but those divisions were put aside, with the four major traditional rulers -- the Oba of Benin, Emir of Kano, Sultan of Sokoto and Ooni of Ife -- standing above the political fray. A voiced AFPTV report.