Benin artefacts

UK museum to return Oba of Benin’s palace key, other artefacts

UK museum to return Oba of Benin’s palace key, other artefacts

By Biodun BusariA London museum, Horniman, has agreed to return Nigerian artefacts plundered in the 19th Century from the Benin Kingdom, adding that the ownership of 72 objects would be transferred to the Nigerian government. According to BBC, items to return to the country include a key to the king’s palace, 12 brass plaques, known […]