LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has taken delivery from the Netherlands of 119 pieces of priceless “Benin Bronze” artefacts looted more than 120 years ago, the country’s museum commission and the Dutch embassy said June 18. It is the latest return of artefacts to Africa, as pressure mounts on Western governments and institutions to hand back…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Netherlands is returning 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, marking one of the largest repatriations of the looted artifacts to date. The bronzes, plundered by British forces in 1897 and later acquired by Dutch institutions, will be transferred following an agreement signed by Dutch and Nigerian officials, as momentum for restitution efforts…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola has died. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died at 89. It was gathered that the respected legal icon, who founded Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-On World Refugee Day, we look at the inspirational stories of three athletes who, having represented the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, have now been granted citizenship in their host countries. Three different journeys that all send the same message of hope and humanity. “I now represent Great Britain, which makes me feel included”…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several shots were fired at the Saudi embassy in the Dutch city of The Hague but no one was hurt, police said on Thursday. “Just before 6am (0500 GMT) we received a message that a shot had been fired at a building in The Hague. There were no injuries,” police said on…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Concern mounted Thursday in Iran over the fate of the Islamic republic’s only woman to have won an Olympic medal, who is believed to want to settle in The Netherlands. Kimia Alizadeh clinched a taekwondo bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, drawing praise from her compatriots including the country’s President…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany’s customs service said Friday it had seized a 4.5 tonne cocaine shipment, the country’s largest ever, with an estimated street value of $1.1bn. The illegal drugs were discovered two weeks ago in a Netherlands-bound shipping container from Uruguay during a search in the northern port city of Hamburg, they said. When…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Arjen Robben has confirmed he has retired from football. The 35-year-old left Bayern Munich this summer after his contract expired and had been linked with a return to former clubs Groningen and PSV as well as a move to MLS. But the former winger has instead called time on a glittering career…