The Ghanaian-born artist is currently a resident of Nigeria where he teaches sculpture and Fine Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Nigeria has long campaigned for the return of artefacts stolen when the British took over the kingdom of Benin, now southern Nigeria, in 1897.
The Swede will watch Nigeria's friendly against DR Congo on Wednesday and will be based in Nigeria from next month until the World Cup.
Oh his arrival back in Nigeria, Mr Jonathan is set to head a meeting reviewing Nigeria's security situation with the country's military and police chiefs.
Three weeks ago, Nigeria named a list of preferred candidates, and since then Louis Van Gaal, Guus Hiddink and Peter Taylor have all rejected the chance to coach Nigeria.
Keshi was on the shortlist for the Nigeria national team post, but is now effectively out of contention, with the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) yet to make a decision.
Nigeria's 200 or so spectators at the stadium began had their spirits lifted after Nigeria's Obafemi Martins equalised on 62 minutes and Yakubu Aiyegbeni netted again just three minutes later.
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- The mother of Nigeria's Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been released by her kidnappers, five days after she was seized from her home, Nigerian police said Friday.
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- At least one person died and 40 people were seriously injured in Nigeria on Wednesday when an explosion and fire erupted in a crowded Lagos marketplace, authorities said.
Mr Obasanjo, a former military ruler, was selected by Nigeria's political elite to stand as a consensus candidate in elections after the death of Nigeria's last military dictator, Sani Abacha, in 1998.
"I believe the appointment of Haessler is a good thing for Nigeria as we'll have strong depth in terms of managing a team like the Super Eagles, " the former Nigeria international told BBC Sport.
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His Conoil Producing, which was founded as Shell Company of Nigeria in 1927 and privatized in 2000, is one of Nigeria's largest independent oil companies, with a production capacity of 100, 000 barrels per day.
The Nigerian Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mallam Graba, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mr Terence P.
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With Nigeria's population of about 170 million and its ambitions to become a major exporter, this is potentially an extremely lucrative business for the company May and Baker which has operated in Nigeria for 70 years.
In Nigeria, Abdulmutallab checked no baggage on his trip that originated in Lagos on a KLM flight to Amsterdam, where he changed planes to the Northwest flight, according to Harold Demuren, director-general of Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority.
Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria's former anti-corruption chief and leader of the opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) party, said the pardon was the "the final nail" in the coffin for fighting corruption in the country, Associated Press news agency reports.
When Britain, the colonial power, left Nigeria, it handed authority not to traditional rulers, who were viewed as having some legitimacy, but to doctors, lawyers and the horde of literate hustlers who did well in the British bureaucracy and the British army and now make up Nigeria's ruling class.
By the way, Festac Town was the settlement built in 1977 by Nigeria's then-military ruler, Gen Yakubu Gowon, to accommodate participants in the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture - at a time when Nigeria's major problem was not availability of money but how to spend it.
Mr. MAHTANI: Well, Nigeria is the eighth biggest exporter in the world, and after these wave of attacks last week, which included the hostage taking and an explosion on a pipeline that fed a key export terminal, Nigeria had to shut down about 226, 000 barrels per day, that's about 10% of Nigeria's total production, which are still down.
Shortly prior to its ceasefire announcement MEND had carried out its boldest attack against Nigeria's oil installations since it launched its campaign of violence in late 2005, when an attack on Shell's Bongo facility, 120km out to sea, forced the Anglo-Dutch major temporarily to halt production equivalent to about 10% of Nigeria's output, and to declare force majeure.
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He was shot dead on 20 January the city of Kano, in northern Nigeria.
He was found dead on 18 January in the city of Jos, in central Nigeria.
On Saturday morning leading up to our game Argentina played Nigeria in the football World Cup.
India and Nigeria have been slashing their tariffs unilaterally, rightly recognising the gains from openness.
Nigeria has pledged to send 900 troops, with the first 200 arriving in Mali by Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, it appears that striker Nwankwo Kanu will be out of the Nigeria squad for Saturday's game.
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It left Burkina Faso with four points from two games, with Zambia and Nigeria on two apiece.
Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria opened with defeats while Ivory Coast and hosts South Africa drew their games.
We have students in places such as Nigeria and Turkmenistan who cannot access fast internet connections everyday.
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Four journalists and media workers, including Nansok Sallah and Enenche Akogwu, have been killed in Nigeria since 2009.
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