U.S. museum returns looted Benin, Ife artefacts to Nigeria

Nigeria’s Consulate General in New York has taken custody of three Benin and Ife artefacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abba Tijjani, received the artefacts from the museum in the company of consul general Lot Egopija.

The MET currently houses about 160 works of art from Nigeria, mostly donated by individuals who were said to have acquired them in the art market.

Mr Tijjani, who later signed a Memorandum of Understanding with MET, commended the museum for returning the artefacts to…