Tag: Nigerian Artefacts
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UK encouraging return of Nigerian artefacts – High Commissioner
British High Commissioner to Nigeria Catriona Laing has said that the United Kingdom is encouraging institutions and facilities in possession of the Benin artefacts to return them to Nigeria. Laing made this known on Sunday in Abuja, stating that the UK government has facilitated the return of many of the artefacts. She said that the…
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Buhari calls for return of more Nigeria’s Artefacts from abroad
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to nations, institutions and bodies, both private and public, to return Nigeria’s artefacts in their possession. Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader made the appeal in the aftermath of the return of two important Nigerian artefacts from Britain.