UNESCO

The Oyo State Government has renewed its call for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to recognise the World Sango Festival, held annually in ancient Oyo Town. The Commissioner for…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, Spotlight Initiative has appointed the Ebonyi State Governor's wife, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru as it's Ambassador for the state. This was in a bid to recognise…

The United Nations Children Emergency Fund says it is set to develop a model to tackle the out-of-school menace in Nigeria by 2027. Though the number of out-of-school children as of May 2023, cannot officially be verified, however a 2022…

Three imprisoned Iranian women journalists have been named as the laureates of the 2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The three women journalists, Niloofar Hamedi, Elaheh Mohammadi and Narges Mohammadi, whose reporting…

President of the Nigerian Senate,  Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday hailed Nigerian journalists on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. Lawan in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Ola Awoniyi said…

Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the unregulated use of social media and other digital platforms has become a clear danger to global information flow and processes. The Minister…

The UNESCO has embarked on sensitisation and advocacy visits to some LGAs in Ebonyi to promote school health education for girls. Ms Ngozi Amanze, UNESCO’s National Programme Officer on Education in a statement, said a multi-sectorial…

The Nigerian Government is set to host the 2022 UNESCO Media Information literacy week with about 193 UNESCO members expected to attend. The Nigerian authorities said the 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy (GMIL) Week,…

AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), collaborates UNESCO’s standpoint, on the need to deepen Africa’s creative exports, especially through providing access to training and resources for young aspiring creatives.…

One of the most influential genres of African music and dance, Congolese rumba, is now on UNESCOs intangible heritage list. This is aimed at helping to preserve the heritage that is often threatened. Some 60 applications were…