By Taiye Olayemi The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) on Tuesday celebrated and projected the African culture in commemoration of the 2023 Day of African Child. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Day of the African Child is celebrated annually on June 16.Continue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The President of Travelogue Communications Ltd,Mr Ayo Omotosho, says local communities must begin to benefit optimally from the exploration of their tourism potential. Omotosho spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Lagos. He said that tourism was a tool that could be usedContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The African Art Awakening Forum (AAA) on Wednesday educated no fewer than 150 students of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) and others on the application of innovative digital tools in arts. Mr Raphael O’Que-Guale, President, AAA, during the workshop held at YABATECH, expressed his commitment to enablingContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Tour operators say the crave for leisure and recreation by Nigerians is fast diminishing owing to rising cost of living . Some of the operators ,in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday , also expressed concern about poor patronage owing to theContinue Reading
News Desk The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) Kaduna and UNESCO will collaborate to organize a capacity building workshop for 250 teachers from five States of the Federation. This collaboration was disclosed by the Director and Chief Executive of NTI, Prof. Musa Garba Maitafsir during the 42nd Session of UNESCO GeneralContinue Reading
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Al-Habibiyya Islamic Society have agreed to to mobilise N500 million annually, to improve the living conditions of three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. The National Chief Imam of Al-Habibiyyah, Fuad Adeyemi, made this known while addressing newsmen atContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Organisers of the 17th edition of Culturati, a cultural fair, have scheduled the event for Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in Lagos. Tiwasayo Odugbesan, Project Coordinator for Culturati, disclosed this during a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Odugbesan said that the 2023 edition had been deliberatelyContinue Reading
By Stanley Nkwocha In his 80-page Renewed Hope policy document released in the build-up to the 2023 general election, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu listed some action plans. Top on his priority lists were national security, economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation and education. He said his objective was toContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Chandramouli Kern, Consul General of India in Lagos, says Indians have been recognised as the biggest investors in Nigeria with over 27 million dollar cumulative investment and no fewer than 200 companies. Kern said this on Sunday while declaring open “Anchor Restaurant”, an Afro-Asian restaurant in Lagos. “ThisContinue Reading
