London museum returns 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria
Horniman museum is first government-funded institution to hand back artefacts looted by British forces in 1897 A London museum is to return 72 treasured artefacts,...
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Oxford University may return items looted from Nigeria by Britain in 1897
University council supports claim for 97 artefacts, including bronzes, currently held in city’s museums Oxford University could return almost 100 artefacts that were looted by...
‘I could have been a Mo Farah’: trafficked boxer denied his shot at Olympic glory by Home Office
Kelvin Bilal Fawaz reveals how Farah’s TV interview was a reminder of how his own boxing career was lost to life in immigration limbo A...
Suspected Islamist attack frees hundreds of prisoners in Nigeria
Inmates on the run after gunmen armed with explosives attack prison near capital, Abuja Hundreds of prisoners, including scores of terrorists, were on the run...
The Nigerian gas deal, the Irish impresario and the £8bn ruling amid claims of bribery
Officials allege contract was corruptly procured by business duo behind P&ID as saga of energy project and secretive tribunal heads for high court It has...
Germany hands over two Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Two countries will also sign restitution agreement covering more than 1,000 items in German hands Germany is physically handing over two Benin bronzes and putting...
Pro-Biafra militants accused of killing pregnant woman and children in Nigeria
Woman and four children among 14 victims of latest wave of killings in south-east Anambra State A spate of killings in south-east Nigeria blamed on...
Stampede at charity event in Nigeria leaves 31 people dead and seven injured
The programme, organised by Kings Assembly church in Rivers state, aimed to ‘offer hope’ to those in need A stampede at a church charity event...
UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak
Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 days Public health officials are to announce...
Protests in Nigeria after arrests for ‘blasphemy’ killing of female student
Demonstrators demand release of two students held after murder of Christian woman in Sokoto Hundreds of people in Nigeria’s north-western city of Sokoto demonstrated on...
