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Germany returns 7,000 stolen Bini artefacts October – Official dailytrust.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailytrust.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FG says it will take possession of the returned looted Benin bronzes nairametrics.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nairametrics.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Why Nigeria's looted artefacts need to be returned nairametrics.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nairametrics.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Washington Osa Osifo contends that the state government cannot house or control artefacts owned by other entities or private collectors Our artefacts remind us of who we are. They tell more stories about our civilization than any attempt at intellectual historical reconstruction. They are indeed, active components of our present! We speak to the artefacts and they speak to us in mutually decodable idioms! This underscores the imperative of returning the looted Benin artefacts to the owners, because we find in them, the essence of our being and the concrete validation of our civilization far beyond aesthetics. The ongoing debate over the moves by Edo State government to appropriate the proposed repatriated Bini artefacts has thrown up some legal issues. Although, the Governor of the State has not claimed proprietary rights over these artefacts, this is only but a bare-faced denial. Indeed, his proposals to take over the control and management of these artefacts through the ....
Adibe Emenyonu Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday clarified the position of the state government on the controversy between it and the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, over the custody of some looted Benin artefacts that Germany is planning to return to Nigeria, saying all actions taken so far were in the interest of all Edo people. “The actions of the government thus far on this issue have been driven by selfless, patriotic considerations and in the best interest of Edo State and Edo people,” he said in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Osarodion Ogie, in Benin. ....