National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), on Monday, said Nigeria will be receiving some expatriated Benin Bronzes from the Netherlands in June. Mr Olugbile Holloway, Director-General ...
Communications Strategist in the Office of the Senate President, Kelly Okolugbo has called on the Nigerian government to name a national monument after Chief Edwin Clark. Chief Clark, a foremost ...
The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.
Sir: Recently, the Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden, or folk art museum, Netherlands reached an agreement with Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments to facilitate the repatriation ...
by renaming a national monument after him in recognition of his contributions to the unity and development of Nigeria. This resolution followed a motion sponsored by the South-south senators and ...
The Netherlands has joined a growing list of European nations returning culturally significant artifacts to Africa; it has agreed to repatriate 113 stolen Benin bronzes to Nigeria. In a formal ...
Nigeria is on a quest to get thousands of intricate ... and the head of Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The artefacts are expected to arrive in Nigeria later this year.