Abuja — The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has formally received the repatriated Ife Terracotta from his Foreign Affairs counterpart, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, in company of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Mr. Harry van Dijk.
While receiving the artifact in his office in Abuja yesterday, Mohammed said the return of the stolen Ife Terracotta marked a milestone in Nigeria's efforts at pursuing the return of the country's antiquities.
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