The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria, the Dutch embassy in Abuja announced this week. It ...

It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.

Over 100 precious Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria from a Dutch museum in a landmark repatriation agreement.

The Netherlands say over a 100 Benin Bronzes that were plundered from Nigeria by British troops in the 1800s in museums will ...

The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, nearly 130 years after they were looted by British soldiers and ...

The Netherlands has agreed to return more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to Africa, the Dutch embassy in Abuja said on Wednesday. Nigeria ...

The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.

The Netherlands agreed to return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, looted in the late 19th century by British soldiers. This ...

In recent years, about 1,100 objects from German, Scottish, British, and French museums have been returned amid pressure over colonial-era acquisitions.

Of the looted statues taken during the Benin Expedition of 1897, two hundred were housed in the British Museum with the rest spread across other European institutions. The Netherlands has agreed to ...

The Netherlands have officially signed a transfer agreement to give back their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. On Thursday, January 20, 119 artefacts from the Benin Bronze collection were signed over at a ...