Authorities for Nigeria say the Museum of Fine Arts for Boston, US, don return two of the famous Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.

Olugbile Holloway, wey be head of Nigeria National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), talk say the move mean 'di return of one big part of Nigeria history.'

He add sey, 'as dis occasion dey symbolic for Benin, e still dey symbolic for Nigeria struggle.'

Benin Bronzes na hundreds sculptures and plaques wey dem looted from royal palace for Kingdom of Benin — area wey now dey part of modern-day Nigeria — after British forces capture Benin City in 1897.

The priceless artworks, wey people believe say dem begin make for Benin from 1500s, dem carry dem as spoils of war and today dem scatter them for museums and private collections all over the world.

Western museums, including ones for Britain, the Netherlands and Germany, don return some hundreds of the artefacts, but hundreds more still dey believed to be missing.

Moment wey historic

Benin traditional rulers and Nigerian authorities don dey negotiate the return for years.

Nigeria culture minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, call the returns from the Boston museum 'a historic moment,' and she say those 'conversations' still dey go on 'and soon, the process to return them all to their rightful owners go start.'

Benin Bronzes don cause tension inside Nigeria. Benin traditional ruler, the Oba, insist sey the artefacts belong to am as ruler of Benin and as descendant of the royal family wey dem plunder am from.

Benin authorities fear sey the new-built Museum of West African Arts (MOWAA) for Benin City go dey in charge of the artworks. The museum leaders don deny sey na their plan be that.