Tag: Benin artifacts

“We will protect Benin artefacts”, President Tinubu assures monarch

Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to protect Benin artefacts returned to the country from different parts of the world as a way of archiving the history of the people. Speaking when he received the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Ewuare II, and other traditional leaders from Edo State, the President assured them that his administration would support the Benin Royal Council in its bid to establish a museum that will house the artefacts. The President congratulated the Benin monarch for the retrieval of the stolen artefacts,…

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Germany vows to return Benin artifacts to Nigeria

Aminu Imam

The German government has promised to finally return the precious artifacts that were looted during the colonial era to Nigeria. Germany’s Ministry of Culture, State ministers, and Museum directors, in a joint declaration published on Thursday, announced the first returns are planned for 2022. The joint declaration stated that the government is committed to “substantive returns” of Benin artworks. The artworks, made of bronze, brass, and ivory were taken by the British army in a raid on the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in 1897. They were subsequently distributed…

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