Netherlands Returns Over 119 Priceless Benin Bronzes Burgled From Nigeria
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…