The Director General, National Commission for Museum and Monuments (NCMM), Yusuf Abdallah Usman, has urged museums to embark on projects that contribute towards cultural heritage promotion. Represented by the Director Research, Publication and Planning, Dr. Musa Hambolu, stated last weekend at the launching of the maiden edition of the Gong magazine, published by the National [...]
Wealthy people have always travelled to distant parts of the world, to see great buildings, works of art, learn new languages, experience new cultures, and to taste different cuisines. That has not changed; people love to enjoy new experiences outside their sphere, even the poor are not left out. Some save until they have enough [...]
When, in 2000, the Donald Duke’s administration birthed the idea of promoting and bringing tourism into the economic and political calendar of Cross River State, little did one know that the vision shall one day blossom into a world class event that will attract even the veterans from homes of carnival like Brazil and the [...]
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) has concluded arrangements to hold its annual distinguished lecture and national symposium on Nigerian art from December 5 to 8, 2012, at the Margaret Ekpo Cultural Centre Complex, Calabar, Cross River state. The annual lecture, which is the eleventh in the series since it debuted in 1995, has as [...]
The Abuja Carnival 2012 tagged “Carnival of Peace and Harmony” commences tomorrow. The theme of this year’s event, as approved by the Abuja Carnival Management Committee, is to reflect the nation’s current security challenges and the need to ensure peace and harmony among its people as a recipe for national transformation. The Minister of Tourism, [...]
Small changes in travel behaviour can contribute to positive change throughout the world. With one billion tourists travelling the world in a single year in 2012, transforming these one billion tourists into one billion opportunities is at the heart of the online campaign launched by UNWTO to celebrate this historic milestone. Recalling the power of [...]
Reducing visa constraints, simplifying entry processes and developing policies that improve connectivity across borders are the topics on the agenda for the world’s tourism ministers as they meet at the annual UNWTO and World Travel Market Ministers’ Summit next month. Building on the historic G20 Leaders’ Declaration, which commits to work on “travel facilitation initiatives [...]
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke, recently commissioned one of the 12 cultural industry centres built in the six geo-political zones across the nation. The commisioning, which took place at Gidan Ajia Orozo, Abuja, is aimed at alleviating poverty and creating jobs in line with the vision 20-2020 objective of [...]
The Visual Arts Competition, organised by the National Gallery of Art (NGA) to hunt for talents as well as encourage enthusiasm and appreciation of visual arts and complement Federal Government Policies, took place on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The competition, which debuted in 2008, is aimed at discovering and [...]
The fourth National Visual Arts compettiton organised by the National Gallery of Arts took place recently at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Here are photographs from the event. Tweet
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