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#Internationalwomensday. On this day we remember and celebrate the great achievements of Queen Mother Idia (1506 - 1550), mother of Oba Esigie. Queen Mother Idia the world's first Queen Mother is a role model for all women and mothers through the ages.
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UK police say the former Russian spy and his daughter who have been left in critical conditions in hospital were attacked with a nerve agent.
Independent ---> BBC News: What are nerve agents and what do they do ---> CNN reports ---> Former Russian Spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are in critical conditions in hospital after being found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire England.
Read the story on the links below: The Guardian ---> BBC News ---> #ONTHISDAY 5 March 1897, The hospital ship Malacca leaves for Britain today, on board are some troops and some Benin treasures. Read more on the links below: Next steps ---> What the ship Malacca carried back home ---> The ship Malacca Identical ship Bremen (1897) #ONTHISDAY 1 March 1897 The British troops are back to base and the dust has settled. Now the party begins. Consul General Moor and Admiral Rawson allow the expedition officers to take two items for themselves from the looted Benin treasures. Read more ---> Please note that Mr. Locke himself never reached Benin on any of the expeditions.
Value of the relics Mr. Locke sold in 1928 for £450 is now worth: £27,414.79 [nearly £30,000]. |
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