Tag: Looted artefacts
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Oba of Benin to take custody of repatriated looted artefacts
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has notified the Netherlands Government about Nigeria’s Government Gazette recognising and vesting custody and management of repatriated looted Benin artefacts in the Oba of Benin.
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UK to return another looted artefacts to Oba of Benin Saturday
The United Kingdom is set to return two looted artefacts from Cambridge and Aberdeen to the Palace of the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II on Saturday, through the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing. This is in adherence to the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Looted artefacts: FG brokers peace between Gov Obaseki, Oba of Benin
The Federal Government says, in line with operative conventions and laws, it will take possession of the 1,130 looted Benin bronzes being expected from Germany. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this on Saturday in Lagos at a news conference on the efforts by the federal government to repatriate looted smuggled…
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We’ll return 1,130 looted Nigerian artefacts in 2022 – Germany
German Minister of State for Culture, Monika Grutters has disclosed that 1,130 artefacts would be returned to Nigeria from the beginning of 2022. Grutters said this on Wednesday during a meeting with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Berlin, Germany. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the…