Month: December 2013

About Us

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The National Institute for Cultural Orientation, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation was established by Act 93 of 1993. The Institute has the...

The NICO Governing Board

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A new Governing Board of the Institute was inaugurated on 23 October 2013, by the Honourable Minister of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke. Membership of the Board, as...

NICO Director Of Finance And Accounts Visits Enugu State Office

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As part of the measures of the management of National Institute for Culture Orientation (NICO) to carry out continuous performance evaluation of its zonal and state offices, the Director...

Respect Your Culture and Stay Away From Drug Abuse as Future Leaders – Kwara NOA Director

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The Kwara State Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Felix Olowo-Okere, has advised members of newly-inaugurated NICO Cultural Clubs of the National Institute for cultural Orientation in the...

Eyo Masquerade Festival Referred On UNESCO’s ICH Representative List

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After a long and heated debate, the Eyo Masquerade Festival of Lagos State, which was nominated by Nigeria to be inscribed on the Representative List of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural...

My New Husband Is Five Years Younger – Segun Arinze’s Ex-Wife Reveals

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Nollywood actress, Ann Njemanze, actor, Segun Arinze’s ex-wife in a recent interview with Leadership Newspaper admitted being older than her new husband, Silver Ojieson. Ann and Silver got married...

Tanure Ojaide Affirms Poetry Prize

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After days of uncertainty, Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, has laid to rest the controversy trailing...

Another Day Of Diamond Merit Award For Ayakoroma

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The Executive Secretary, National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma, has added another feather to his cap of achievements in the area of cultural re-orientation of...

North-Central Zone Extends NICO Clubs To Primary Schools

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The Coordinator, North-Central Zonal Office of National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Mallam Ibrahim Lawal has said that what he saw during his visits to some primary schools’ cultural...

Eighth Session On ICH Starts in Azerbaijan

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The 8th Session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, Monday, 2nd December, 2013, opened in...