GENERAL NEWS (NIGERIA)

ARTSPLIT, the pioneering African art trading platform, has announced the January edition of ARTSPLIT’s monthly auctions from January 2 to 25, featuring two iconic works by Nigerian artists Peju Alatise and Abayomi Barber. See Me I (2015) by Peju Alatise and Untitled (1978) by Abayomi Barber are available for Split ...

Germany’s decision to return its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria could provide a template for dealing with other cultural restitution claims The head of the foundation that controls Berlin’s state museums stated this on Sunday. “Where there is a clear context of illegality, the procedure used with the Benin ...

Nigeria has welcomed back some of her stolen artefacts as German officials returned 20 of the treasured looted Benin Bronzes on Tuesday at the Nigerian capital Abuja, a move that has attracted international attention amid a debate about returning art looted in the colonial era. The valuable objects were handed ...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is  currently in Nigeria to personally hand back the first items from the precious Benin bronzes looted by colonial powers in the 19th century. Baerbock and Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth  travelled to Nigeria on Sunday and will be there till  Tuesday to ...

Ninety-two Benin Bronzes from Cologne’s Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum now officially belong to Nigeria again. The mayor of the western German city, Henriette Reker, and the director general of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abba Isa Tijani, signed an agreement on the transfer of ownership in Cologne on Thursday. “This ...

Emerges as the first company in Nigeria to introduce progressive policy to support female employees  Klasha Inc., a San Francisco and Lagos-based technology company building cross-border commerce solutions for Africa, has announced a new menstrual leave policy for Klasha’s female employees – a first-of-its-kind for a technology company operating in ...

Heritage Bank has been commended for being an agent for the actualisation of Sustainable Development Goals SDG 5 – Gender Equality, as well women empowerment for socio-economic growth. The commendation was given at the Women Must Conference 2.0, titled “The Woman and Her Must” organised by The Kilali Tribe which held ...

Heritage Bank has been awarded the 2022 United Nations Award for Humanitarian Service by the Widows & Orphans Support Society of Nigeria (WOSSA), as no fewer than 500 widows and orphans in Lagos State benefitted from the Bank’s support.  This was made known during the award ceremony held in Lagos ...

The Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has announced plans to hold the 2022 edition of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Awards on Wednesday, 25 January , 2023 at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking on the new date, Chairman of the Planning Committee, Mr. Rasheed Bisiriyu, stated ...

Flaunted As a New Form of Luxury & Comfort The all-new Mercedes-Benz C-Class has arrived the Nigerian market , courtesy of Weststar Associates Limited, the authorized general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria and its dealerships nationwide – Barbedos Cars Limited, MB Automobile Services Limited, Skymit Motors Limited, Sunny Motors Limited ...