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UNESCO World Philosophy Day Holds Today At UNIZIK
The 2024 UNESCO World Philosophy Day is the rave of the moment today, Thursday, December 12 at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The personable host and head of the Department of Philosophy at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Prof. Ifechi Ndianefoo, calls forth the enlightened public to the Faculty of Arts Auditorium of UNIZIK…
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NEWS
UNESCO urges protection of West Africa’s intangible cultural heritage
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reiterated its call to safeguard intangible cultural heritage (ICH) in West Africa. Dimitri Sanga, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office for West Africa, made this appeal in his welcome address at a three-day workshop in Abuja on Tuesday, which commenced Sept. 17, 2024. Sanga’s address, delivered by Abdourahamane Diallo, UNESCO Regional…
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UNESCO Laureate, Aremu, heads African climate change council
UNESCO Laureate, Prof. Bashiru Aremu, has been appointed Chairman, Board of Trustees and Chief Patron of Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council (UNAccc). This is contained in a statement on Saturday by Aremu, made available to newsmen by his Executive Assistant on Media, Publicity, and Communication Matters, Comrade Bieni Emenike. UNAccc is an official partner of the United…
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Oyo Govt unveils 10-member committee for World Sango Festival
The Oyo State Government has inaugurated a 10-member committee for the 2024 World Sango Festival, to hold in August. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Sango Festival, is a UNESCO recognised celebration. The Sango Festival of Oyo marks the beginning of the Yoruba Traditional New Year in August. It is an ancestral worship that takes place in…
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UNESCO advocates access to scientific information to protect planet
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called for access to reliable scientific information to protect the planet and mitigate the effects of climate change globally. Its Director-General, Ms Audrey Azoulay, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, made the call while commemorating the 2024 World Press Freedom Day, slated for May 3. The theme of the…
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General News
World Heritage Day: Commission solicits support for preservation of heritage resources
Mr. Olugbile Holloway, Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), has called for support from Nigerians in the preservation of the nation’s cultural and natural heritage resources. He made the call in his goodwill message as Nigeria joins the rest of the world in commemorating the 2024 International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World…
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Technology
AI workshop ‘II attract 120 experts across the world – Minister
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says the upcoming National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy Workshop will attract 120 experts across the world. TIjani said this in a statement signed by his Aide on Media and Communications, Isime Esene, in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the 3-day workshop is scheduled to take place in Abuja…
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2.2bn people lack clean drinking water, says UN
Increasing water scarcity can fuel conflicts around the world, the United Nations has warned. Globally, 2.2 billion people were without access to safely managed drinking water, and 3.5 billion lacked access to safely managed sanitation. This is according to the report by the UN Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released for World Water Day. One in two people…
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Entertainment
WPD: Korea centre boss urges poets to inspire humanity with creativity
Mr. Kim Changki, Director, Korea Cultural Centre in Nigeria (KCCN), has urged poets to use their creative writing to inspire humanity for the betterment of society and the preservation of cultural core values. Changki said this at the KCCN March Culture Day Event with the theme “Express Your Korea” in commemoration of World Poetry Day (WPD) on Thursday in Abuja.…
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Metro
Plan International advocates investment in youth for positive change
Plan International Nigeria has called for stakeholders’ commitment to invest in the youth to create positive change in the country. The Country Director, Plan International Nigeria, Charles Usie, made the call at the Adolescent and Youth Conference on Wellbeing, Development, and Health in Abuja on Wednesday. Usie said there was a need for young people to shape their destinies by…
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Period Poverty: Reusable pad to school girls rescue
In Abuja, North Central Nigeria, the girls of Junior Secondary School (JSS) Wuse, Zone 2, are excited that they have learned a new skill that would ease their access to education amidst the numerous challenges the girl-child confronts. One of such challenges is period poverty, or the lack of access to safe, hygienic menstrual products. It also involves a lack…
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Bangladesh commemorates language movement heroes on International Mother Language Day
On Wednesday, people in Bangladesh honored those who gave their lives in 1952 to support the country’s language movement. Bangladesh’s Central Shaheed Minar is a somber and iconic monument located in the country’s capital city of Dhaka. President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreaths at the monument one minute past midnight on this special day. Alongside a…
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Africa
Sir Bu Nair Island, a Safe Haven for Rare Creatures
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates – Around midnight on June 1, a hawksbill turtle landed on the Sir Bu Nair Island. It’s one of the many that began arriving three months ago to nest on the island, bringing the number of nests to more than 300 spread across 27 beaches. The hawksbill turtle lays between 90 to 110 eggs and quietly…
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UN General Assembly approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial
The United Nation’s General Assembly on Thursday adopted by consensus, a resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. The resolution was approved in the presence of a group of people who survived the Nazi genocide that killed about six million Jews, some two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, during World War Two. The vote comes on the…
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NEWS
UNESCO partners FCT to provide appropriate information to adolescents
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the FCT Education Secretariat is into partnership to provide appropriate sexual and reproductive health information to curb HIV, unintended pregnancies among adolescents. Mr. Mamadou Lamine-Sow, the Programme Specialist and Head of Education Sector, UNESCO Regional Office, Abuja, said during an orientation session for School Based Management Committees (SBMCs) and Parents-Teachers Association…
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62 journalists killed in 2020 — UNESCO
No fewer than 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs in 2020, according to UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The UN agency stated that between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost their lives the same way and nine out of ten cases, the killers go unpunished. In 2021, because of statistics like these, the International Day…
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Attacks on schools must stop, says UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday call on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling. Guterres made the call at a virtual event to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack globally celebrated on Sept. 9. “Schools must be places of learning, safety and peace,”…
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