Mera said this when he paid a courtesy visit to Otunba Segun Runsewe, the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture in Abuja.
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The Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, has said the state is currently creating a database of theatre and arts practitioners with a view to creating mutual working relationship and giving them the necessary support as a government.
A recipient of national award, Prof. Omolewa is a member of the Governing Council of the International African Institute in the United Kingdom and Chairman of Committee of Deans of Faculties of Education of Nigerian Universities.
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, which made the announcement at its 43rd meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, based its decision on “extensive restorative work on Bethlehem’s Nativity Church, in Palestine”.
The Regional Director of UNESCO, Yao Ydo, made the call in Abuja at a two-day technical regional workshop on National Qualification Frameworks in the ECOWAS region.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message for the “International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists,” marked annually on November 2, called the killing of journalists “outrageous”.
NAUS Deputy Secretary General, Isioma Ogochukwu, gave the warning while delivering a lecture entitled: “If Education Cannot Be Free, It Should Be Affordable,” at a Student Leaders’ Symposium held in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The decision was reached at the just-concluded NEC meeting in Abuja chaired by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
Okebukola disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the 8th Convocation and honorary award of doctorate degree of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos.
The unionists made the plea in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The Minister of Interior, Retired Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau, while receiving the Award from the Controller-General of Prisons, Ahmed Ja’afaru, in Abuja, stated that the award was part of the positive results of the Prisons Reforms embarked upon by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration.
Elebu-Ibon made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the grand finale of the festival on Friday in Osogbo.
The Ataoja of Osogboland, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun, has called for more sponsors to sustain the dwindling fortunes of the Osun-Osogbo festival.
A statement signed by Carl Umegboro, President and Samuel Adegbola, Secretary, LGF in Abuja on Monday, said the group made this call in a letter to the agency through its Nigeria Commission dated July 23.
This landmark achievement includes the provision of education to a record 5.4 million of the hardest to reach children on the African continent
According to LASU’s official bulletin obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria, registration for the ISIC commenced on Monday and will end on April 30.
The UNESCO Director, Ydo Yao, in a confirmation letter sent to the organisers of the project, OpenWay Global Concepts, disclosed that the international organisation will be giving technical partnership to the project.
Sandra Yachat, the Communications Officer of UNESCO, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, said the report would enable stakeholders focus on fostering education.
The reception, which promises to be an atmosphere of cultural showcase, fashion display, entertainment variety and music, is expected to have in attendance prominent Nigerians, Obas and chiefs, top government officials, foreign diplomats, culture enthusiasts and media executives among other notable personalities
The National Programme Officer of UNESCO, Dr Osuji Otu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.