The five-year memorandum of understanding comes at a moment when Nigeria is taking increasingly proactive measures to secure its patrimony and recover artefacts that were looted and stolen

Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle seeks "proactive repatriation" after "forceful removal" by British troops in 1897

Government museums body takes control of repatriated artefacts after ruler of Benin challenges new trust set up to unify Nigerian claimants

The museum is “eager to work with the relevant parties in Nigeria” to restitute the sculpture

Two 16th century brass plaques and a 14th century Ife head have been returned to Nigeria

“We cannot build for the future without making our best effort at healing the wounds of the past,” the museum’s director says

Following restitution of a cockerel sculpture by Jesus College, the University of Aberdeen will hand over another looted artefact in a ceremony today

A contract transferring ownership to Nigeria is planned for spring 2022

The 27-year-old founder of Retro Africa talks about her expansion plans and how she is helping to build a contemporary art scene in Nigeria

The 17th-century oba head was plucked from the Nigerian National Museum and given to Elizabeth II as a thank-you gift

The Benin Court plaques donated in 1991 with more than 150 other works, have been deaccessioned, while a third object, an Ife Head offered for purchase, will instead be restituted

“We are facing up to our historical and moral responsibility”, says culture minister Monika Grütters

Around 160 institutions hold looted Benin artefacts, but how many are prepared to give them back? We asked museums in five countries for their position on restitution

With institutions across the globe rethinking their views on restitution, the African country’s focus is now on making a home for its heritage

As restitution momentum builds, director of Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art says it could lead discussions for the return of looted Benin objects in US museum collections

The exhibition will include around half of Berlin’s collection of Benin bronzes as Germany lays groundwork to return them to Nigeria

Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray

“There is simply no moral ground for the confiscation of African artefacts in Western museums,” says the Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe

Opening online today, Art X Lagos fair to show more than 100 works about #EndSARS protests

Ghanaian-British architect is working with the British Museum and Nigerian organisations to show “the most comprehensive display in the world of Benin Bronzes”

Images capturing unrest will be shown during the next edition of the fair

Countries' rush to restitute objects is part of the problem, says Belgian lawyer

In its fourth edition, Nigerian event exhibits artists from 24 countries but maintains a focus on West Africa and growing local collector base

Yemisi Shyllon hopes other Nigerian collectors will follow his example and help found teaching museums that promote art education

Family elders give blessing to new exhibition of Yorùbá masquerade costume, stolen from Nigerian shrine room 70 years ago

Benin Dialogue Group announces three-year schedule for new Royal Museum to display looted objects now in European collections

The Iraqi-Kurdish artist examines migration and contemporary politics in his solo show at the New Museum

Planned museum in Benin City offers safe environment for Western collections, the country says