The artefacts, mostly Benin bronzes, were looted by British soldiers when they occupied Benin city in 1887.
His replacement, Okolieaboh Ezeoke Sylva, will oversee the department as the civil service scrambles for a replacement.
The five-day state visit to the city of Lisbon culminated in the signing of MoUs in diverse sectors between Nigeria and Portugal.
“To the sadists, I say this. We are coming.”
PDP has called on the United Nations to prevent the ruling All Progressives Congress from rigging the 2023 general elections.
The Supreme Court has struck out a suit brought before it by President Muhammadu Buhari and Abubakar Malami, challenging Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act.
Some 23 million Nigerian children have received the seasonal malaria chemoprevention to reduce severe malaria.
The president enjoined the citizens to always show the enemies of peace that Nigerians would never be bullied by cowards, extremists or terrorists.
If confirmed, Mr Shehu would replace Elias Mbam, who resigned to pursue his gubernatorial ambition in Ebonyi.
Despite appointing himself as the petroleum minister to oversee the oil and gas sector, Mr Buhari’s regime has recorded one of the nation’s worst energy crises.
