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Elements from Botswana, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Uganda inscribed on UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

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The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed four new elements on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The...

Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage opens its session in Paris

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The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage opened its 7th session at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris today. Intangible cultural heritage encompasses practices and living expressions...

Adieu Sonny Samsom Akpan

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On the 13th of September, 2012, while we were attending the annual conference of the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (SONTA) at the University of Calabar, news came in...

Culture Ministry Confers Award On Igho Sanomi

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The Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, has said it will continue to honour deserving Nigerians who have displayed commitment towards promoting Nigeria’s cultural assets and heritage...

Abuja Carnival Uses Creativity And Culture To Unite Nigeria – President Jonathan

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The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has stated that the Abuja National Carnival has continued to offer a forum through which creativity and...

Former NICO ES’ Son, Ties Nuptial Knot

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Love, they say, knows no bounds, and this adage depicts correctly the scenario that played out on Saturday, 24th November, 2012, at the God of Elijah Ministries, Jikwoyi Phase...

Abuja Carnival Open Doors For Cultural Links With The Caribbean

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As activities at the 2012 edition of the Abuja Carnival unfolds, the Carnival holding in the nation’s capital, called, the “Carnival of Peace and Harmony,” has started yielding positive...

We Will Use Our Power To Transform And Unite Nigeria With Culture – Sen. Ekweremadu

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The National Assembly has declared its commitment towards the transformation of Nigeria and its economy through the use of culture and tourism, noting that it is aware that the...

NGA Urged To Establish Presidential, Parliamentary And Judicial Galleries

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The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Culture and Tourism, Hon. Ben Nwankwo, has called on the management of the National Gallery of Art (NGA) to step up its...

Culture And Tourism Will Actualize Nigeria’s Millennium Development Goals – Edem Duke

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The Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, High Chief Edem Duke, has said that culture and tourism, which is one of the top three economic...