NIGERIA'S high commissioner to the UK Ambassador Sarafa Ishola and Benin's Prince Aghatise Erediauwa have taken delivery of a cockerel artefact looted from the ancient Benin Kingdom during the 1897 sacking of the city.
Known as the infamous Massacre of Benin, between February 8 and 17 1897, the colonial British forces laid...
GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has pledged that his administration will not engage in disrespectful exchanges with the Oba of Benin Oba Ewuare II over stolen artefacts that are currently being retrieved from across Europe.
Several European museums such as London's Horniman Museum is considering returning several...
LONDON'S Horniman Museum is considering returning several Nigerian artefacts including bronze statues obtained using colonial violence during the 1897 Massacre of Benin in response to the growing clamour for correcting British wrongs against its former colonies.
Collections at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill include...
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