Cultural Restitution
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NIGERIA
Updated January 2025
Below is a schedule of successful restitutions made to Nigeria, together with other restitution news. Entries are updated regularly
February 2025
The small Nigerian port town of Koko, invaded three years before Benin City, hopes they can recover artefacts looted during an overlooked British expedition in 1894
January 2025
Nigeria's Federal Government has vowed to take all necessary measures, including legal action in international courts, to recover stolen artefacts
February 2024
The Benin royal household claims that Cambridge University has "duped" them by stalling the return of 116 Benin artefacts
August 2023
Leading barrister and human rights activist Hannatu Musawa, appointed this week to the new role of Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, vows to completely change the narrative of Nigeria
August 2023
Two Dukes (Enigie) from Benin Kingdom have thanked Nigeria's Federal Government and the Oba of Benin 'for their determination and unwavering support' for the Benin Royal Museum project
April 2023
The Oba of Benin notifies Wouter Pomp, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Nigeria, of the responsibilities vested in him by the recent order for the ownership, custody and management of returning Benin Bronzes
April 2023
The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued an order recognising ownership and vesting custody and management of repatriated Benin artefacts in the Oba of Benin
March 2023
At the latest meeting of the Benin Dialogue Group held in March funding was secured for a storage facility to house returning Benin Bronzes
February 2023
Following the expected return of 1,130 Benin artefacts from Germany, the Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to build a royal museum in Benin, Edo State
November 2022
"Digital Benin" has launched providing an online database of more than 5000 objects looted from Benin City and now held in over 100 collections worldwide
February 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari clarifies the division of roles between Nigeria's Federal Government and Benin Kingdom
January 2022
Nigeria has made a formal request to Glasgow Life for the return of looted Benin artefacts held in the City's collections
January 2022
Nigeria and the United States sign a cultural property agreement to protect and preserve Nigeria's cultural patrimony
January 2022
Nigeria expects to receive at least 1,030 Benin artefacts from Germany in 2022
January 2022
Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments is taking control of returning Benin objects following the current Oba's opposition to Nigeria's Legacy Restoration Trust
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