LAGOS, May 17 (Reuters) - At the National Museum in Lagos, workers carefully remove rust and patina from Igbo-Ukwu Bronze artefacts, part of restoration work on some of Nigeria's oldest but lesser ...

STORY: These workers are carefully scraping rust and patina off thousands-of-years-old Nigerian Bronze artifacts. But unlike the better-known Benin Bronzes, these cultural treasures are not scattered ...

The king of Igbo-Ukwu Community in Anambra State, HRH Igwe Alexander Azike, Idu III, has expressed delight at steps taken to digitally repatriate home, bronzes excavated from his community over six ...

Archaeomineralogical fieldwork in southeastern Nigeria combined with metallurgical analyses has now all but confirmed the local provenance of most of the metals used in manufacturing the bronze and ...

It is no longer news that Igbo, especially in the five Southeast states, did not participate in the End Bad Governance protest that started in other parts of the country on August 1. However, why the ...

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Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, on Wednesday, said “It will not just be about structures, but about our identity and pride.” as he unveiled plans to redesign the historic Igbo-Ukwu Museum to better ...

The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, the Director General of National Museums and Monuments, Professor Abba Isah Tijani and a host of other dignitaries are expected at ...

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The Obu Umunri Palace venue at Nkwo Enugwu-Ukwu glowed with dazzling colours as the crème de la crème of the society mingled. The about 3000-capacity Umunri Palace was filled to capacity. The occasion ...