He noted that the artefacts were looted from the Oba palace over a century ago. Osaigbovo said that defenders of Edo heritage and well-wishers of the royal father were expected to be at the palace ...

A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa's most famous artefacts ... kingdom of Benin - in what is today Edo State in southern Nigeria - by ...

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo ... the full statutory rights of the Oba of Benin on the ownership of ancient artefacts looted by the British colonial forces during the 1897 Benin massacre.

BENIN CITY – THE governor of Edo State, Sen. Monday Okpebholo on ... over the contentious issue of the ownership of ancient artefacts looted from the palace of the Oba of Benin during the ...

Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has abolished ... be granted the full statutory rights on the ownership of the ancient artefacts looted by the British colonial forces during the 1897 Benin ...

Edo State governor at the time asked me to assist ... The discussions around the restitution of West African artifacts including the Benin Bronzes and the need to demonstrate to the West that ...

The Ulster Museum has identified artefacts stolen or looted from other ... The colonial occupation of the Kingdom of Benin - now Edo State, Nigeria - by British troops in February 1897 led to ...