Category: NICO News

Nigerian Culture Has Potential For Peace And Unity – Patience Jonathan

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The Wife to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, has said that the beauty of Nigerian culture is that it has the potentials of...

Korean Cultural Centre In Nigeria Celebrates Film Festival

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To continue with its friendship with Nigeria, through culture, the Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria celebrates its film festival, an event that comes up on Tuesday 27th to Friday...

Saro-Wiwa Cannot Be Forgotten In Africa – Arts Community

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The philosophy of late Ken Saro-Wiwa was re-enacted in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, at the Korean Cultural Centre, on Thursday, November 22, 2012, through reading of his works...

Completion Of NICO Permanent Site Will Enhance Operations – Ayakoroma

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The Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Dr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma, has said that if government can approve funds for the design and construction of...

Lawmaker Advocates Cultural Training For Public Servants

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Nigeria’s Apex Cultural Training Institute, the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), has been called upon to extend its capacity-building programmes and activities aimed at repositioning cultural workers to...

Ayakoroma Calls For Use Of Culture For Revenue Generation

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As Nigeria considers diversifying from oil, which has been the mainstay of the economy, culture has been advocated as a veritable source of alternative revenue generation for the nation....

Rotimi And Ayakoroma Add Colour To Greek Plays Using African Cultural Background

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  The relevance of Ola Rotimi’s God Are Not To Blame and Barclays Ayakoroma’s Dance on His Grave, to contemporary African society, has been likened to Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex...

Let’s Ensure Students Learn Nigerian Indigenous Languages – Ijioma

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The Provost, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE), Owerri, Imo State, Dr. (Mrs.) Blessing Chima Ijioma, has challenged lecturers in the Faculties of Arts/Humanities, especially, those in the...

Management Of Cultural Festivals Requires An Integrated Approach – University Don

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Concerted efforts by arts agencies, tourism and education departments, and other culture stakeholders are needed in the planning and management of cultural festivals for sustainable economic growth in Nigeria,...

NICO Exams Board Charged On Prompt Release Of Results

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The need for the Examinations Board of the NICO Training School to meet at most two weeks after the end of any Semester, to avoid having a backlog of...