The returned items were taken mostly between the 1860s and the early 1890s while hundreds of other objects are said to remain in Germany The return of the 23 artefacts came after three years of talks between Berlin’s Ethnological Museum and the National Museum of Namibia EDITOR’S PICK After Emerging PDP Presidential Flagbearer, Atiku Meets … Read more
The consulate-general of Nigeria in New York has taken possession of three Benin and Ife artefacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in the United States. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Abba Tijjani, director-general of the national commission for museums and monuments (NCMM), received the artefacts from the museum in the company of Lot … Read more
…the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had demanded full and unconditional repatriation of all looted Nigerian artefacts in German museums. The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration won’t engage in “disrespectful exchanges” with the Oba of Benin over the destination of repatriated stolen artefacts. This was disclosed in a … Read more