Month: November 2014

Cultural Night Showcases Nigeria’s Rich Intangible Cultural Heritage – Ayakoroma

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The Executive Secretary of National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma has acknowledged that, the imperativeness of showcasing our rich cultural heritage in an occasion like...

Jonathan Calls For Private Sector Participation In Cultural Development

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The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has called on the private sector to take advantage of the huge economic and employment potentials...

9th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the ICH Opens in Paris

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The ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage opened today, 24th November, 2014 at the UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris, France. Composed of...

Book Review Trends In Nollywood: A Study Of Selected Genres By Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma

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Distinguished ladies and gentleman, we have been beset with speculations and counter-speculations, conjectures and counter conjectures, innuendoes, and jokes. on what Nollywood has done and has not done.  But...

NICO’s Orientation And Cultural Affairs Department Caught In Twin Jubilation

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It was double jubilation for staffers of the Orientation and Cultural Affairs Department at the headquarters of National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Abuja, on Wednesday, 12th November, 2014,...

Book Review Trends In Nollywood: A Study Of Selected Genres By Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma

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Distinguished ladies and gentleman, we have been beset with speculations and counter-speculations, conjectures and counter conjectures, innuendoes, and jokes. on what Nollywood has done and has not done.  But...

Ayakoroma’s Book Demystifies The Erroneous Conceptions About Nollywood – Nwabueze

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A Professor of Theatre and Film Studies, playwright, actor, theatre critic, astute scholar in the Department of Theatre & Film Studies and Director, Institute of African Studies, University of...

Ganni Festival

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Ganni Festival of Baatombu in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State is a well known and age long festival of the Borgu people.

Igue Festival

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The Christians have Christmas, the Muslims have the Feast of Ramadan, the Jews have the Hanukkah, the African-American have the Kwanzaa and the Edos have the Igue Festival.

Calabar Carnival

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Organised by the government of Cross River State, in the South-South geo-political zone of the country, the Calabar Christmas Carnival has become a major tourist attraction in Nigeria, drawing...