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Cambridge University Ready To Return Looted Benin Artefacts – Monarch

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The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Wednesday in Benin, said that Cambridge University in the UK has concluded arrangement to return Benin artefacts in its custody.

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The oba stated this when the Chairman, DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, paid a courtesy visit on the palace to celebrate with him on his birthday and his fifth coronation anniversary.

He said if eventually the artefacts were returned the university would become the first institution to do so.

The Oba said there was no dispute over the ownership of the thousands of Benin artefacts that were looted from the palace of the Oba of Benin in 1897 during the British invasion of the kingdom.

He commended some countries that have expressed willingness to return some of the artefacts scattered across Europe, the US and other parts of the globe.

The oba also dispelled insinuations that not all the artefacts were looted from the palace.

He commended the Federal Government and the Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) for their support toward the repatriation of the artefacts.

“We hear that some researchers in Germany have said that some of them were produced here, some were produced there and so on and so forth.

“Where are these here and there? Were they outside the Benin Empire, where they outside the Benin Kingdom, were any of the artefacts produced outside the Benin Kingdom?

“If they were all produced in the Benin kingdom, why would any researcher try to say some were taken out of Benin Palace and some were taken from elsewhere?

“All elsewhere or wherever they are talking about are they not all under the authority of the Oba of Benin? Are they not all under the Benin Empire?”

He said the planned museum to house the artefacts would be domiciled in a museum planned to be built opposite the palace.

According to the Oba, “everyone will be able to have access to the artefacts at the museum to be built outside the palace.”

The monarch commended Dokpesi for taking the lead in private broadcasting in Nigeria despite the unfriendly environment.

“The God’s are behind you in all your efforts to ensure that all the artefacts that were taken away from here are bright back and restored,” he said. (NAN)

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Rented Crowed, APC AKIDA Leader with Zamfara State Govt. Buses Embark on Campaign of Calumny at DSS Office

Godiya Hamza, a Media Analyst, writes from Abuja

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The orchestrated campaign of calumny against the Honourable Minister of State for Defence H.E Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle MON by a group of street orchins recruited by the leader of APC AKIDA Tijjani Ramallan is very  preposterous and indecent.

This is politics too far, Ramadan has been attacking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR right from campaign days. He never supported or participated in APC activities, he has been jealous of Matawalle loyalty to our President.

Tijjani Ramallan has been sponsoring Banditry and romancing with criminals.

The leader of the APC AKIDA  Tijjani Ramallan is being sponsored by the state government to attack the person of Dr Matawalle. It is expected that by now the DSS should have arrested him . He has found himself as a willing tool to be manipulated by Governor Dauda Lawal in attacking Dr Matawalle.

The earlier smear campaign embarked by zamfara state government which was stopped by a court order has forced them to shift to the use of APC AKIDA to carry out their mischief.

What zamfara people need is good governance and not wasting the state resources in trying to pull Matawalle down.

Pull him down syndrome pays no body.

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World’s First Surviving Nonuplets Visits Italy To Appear On A TV Show

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In December 2022, aged one and a half years old, the world’s first surviving nonuplets went on their first plane flight.
They travelled from Morocco, where they were born and lived for 19 months, to their parents’ home country of Mali.

And now, two months shy of their third birthday, the nonuplets have made their first trip to Europe, visiting Italy to appear on our televised talent show Lo Show dei Record!

We bet it feels so beautiful to see them all grow and wish them the very best 🥳

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Picture Of The 17-Year-Old Hawker Who Was Shot Dead By The Police, Which Led To Wuse Market Fire Saga Yesterday

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Yesterday, Angry youths set parts of the popular Wuse market in Abuja on fire over the killing of a 17-year-old hawker simply identified as Musa.

The office of the Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML) inside the market as well as some cars parked at the market’s car park were reportedly affected.

It was gathered that a suspect who was being tried at the mobile court in the market attempted to run away, but was allegedly shot and killed by the police.

A senior official of the AMML, who pleaded for anonymity, confirmed the incident.

He said the suspect was already convicted of a crime which was not mentioned and in the process of taking him to court for another offence, the boy bolted and tried to run when he was shot by the police. The AMML official said that was what provoked the attackers to burn down some shops, the office of AMML and some vehicles.

The situation caused a stampede in the market as people rushed to save their property.

It is not clear how many people were injured in the stampede as people scaled the fences while some pushed their way through the few gates available. But so many shops and goods got destroyed by the fire.

The After maths of the fire
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