Category: NICO News

Bayelsa To Host World Tourism Day 2013 Celebrations

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Bayelsa State has been selected as the host of the 2013 National World Tourism Day (WTD) Celebrations by the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation on the...

NAFEST Has The Potentials Of Growing Our Economy – Gov. Dickson

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The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson, has said that the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) has the potentials that will help grow Nigeria’s economy....

NAFEST 2013: Bayelsa Emerges Overall Best

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Bayelsa State has emerged overall best at the just concluded 27th edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), clinching the first position in traditional storytelling, traditional...

Repositioned NICO, A New Wave Of Ideas – FRCN Zonal Director

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The Zonal Director, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), South-East zone, Mr. Chigozie Obialo, has described the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), repositioned by a seasoned cultural administrator,...

President Jonathan Commends The Theme Of NAFEST 2013

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The President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commended the choice of “Culture, Peace and National Transformation,” as the theme of the 27th edition of the National Festival of Arts &...

The 27th Edition Of NAFEST Kicks Off In Yenagoa

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Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital was agog, Tuesday, 17th September, 2013, with activities as stakeholders in the arts and culture sector converged in the oil rich state to participate...

Inter-Ministerial Affairs Commissioner Pledges Support For NICO Enugu

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The Honourable Commissioner of Inter-Ministerial Affairs, Enugu State, Engr. Dan Obi Anike, has commended the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), with a renowned cultural guru, Dr. Barclays Foubiri...

Glory Of All Land Ushers In NAFEST 2013 With A Command Performance

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Ahead of the opening ceremony of this year’s National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), the Bayelsa State Troupe presented Ineye Johnny-Dudafa’s “Mangrove in the Desert,” a command performance,...

NTDC Mandated To Create Sustainable Jobs Through Tourism Value Chain – Duke

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The Honourable Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, has mandated the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) to create sustainable jobs for the teeming Nigerian Youths,...

Owo Kingdom Celebrates Igogo Festival In Grand Style

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It was all pomp and pageantry, on Thursday, 12th September, 2013, as the Olowo of Owo, HRM Oba (Dr.) David Victor Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi III, celebrated this year’s Igogo festival...