Abba Isa Tijani
24 Nov 2021
With museums world over returning looted artefacts in their possession, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Monday, officially joined the fray, as it returned three works of art looted in the 19th century to Nigeria.
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New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday officially returned three works of art to Nigeria that were looted in the 19th century, as museums make increasing efforts to repatriate some foreign treasures.
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