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Nigeria: Nigeria Signs Agreement With Germany for Repatriation of 1,130 Benin Bronzes
This Day, 12 July 2022
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday said that Nigeria had signed an agreement for the repatriation of 1,130 Benin bronzes from Berlin in… Read more »
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Africa: Africa Celebrates the Return of Benin Bronzes, but Questions Remain
DW, 2 July 2022
"This is perhaps the most significant agreement signed by a European nation with Nigeria with regards to cultural diplomacy," Yusuf Tuggar, Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, told DW… Read more »
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Nigeria: What UK Govt Is Doing About Stolen Funds, Artefacts From Nigeria - British Envoy
Premium Times, 3 July 2022
"I feel like I am getting stuff done in deepening and strengthening the partnership, so it has been a wonderful three and a half years here and I am looking forward to the rest of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Germany to Return 1,130 Stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Premium Times, 1 July 2022
Nigeria's minister of information and communication, Lai Mohammed, described the planned return as the "single largest repatriation of artefacts anywhere in the world." Read more »
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Nigeria: How 1,130 Looted Benin Bronzes Got to Germany - Govt
Vanguard, 1 July 2022
The Federal Government says many of the1,130 looted Benin Bronzes to be repatriated to Nigeria from Germany got to German public institutions via trade and donations Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Hails Germany Over Joint Declaration On Return of Benin Bronzes'
Leadership, 2 July 2022
Nigeria and Germany yesterday in Berlin signed a historic joint declaration that will pave the way for the return of 1,130 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, 125 years after they were… Read more »