Cambridge college to be first in UK to return looted Benin bronze

Jesus College will give sculpture of a cockerel back to Nigeria, which could spark a wave of repatriations

A Cambridge college is to become the first British institution to return one of the Benin bronzes to Nigeria later this month in what has been described as a historic moment".

Jesus College, University of Cambridge, will return the bronze cockerel to Nigerian delegates on 27 October, in a handover ceremony that Nigerian officials say offers hope for amicable resolutions" to the ongoing disputes over the ownership of cultural properties.