January 2011
Aliyu upgrades Niger Arts Council
State Governor, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has directed the upgrading of the Niger State Arts Council to a Board with a view to removing it from bureaucratic bottlenecks and enhance its proficiency in revenue generation. more >
February 2005
Urgent Action Needed to Save Age-Old African Rock, Kofi Annan says
With African rock art providing one of the oldest and most extensive records on Earth of human thought, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the continent's leaders to play a more active role in saving a priceless cultural heritage of all humankind that is under severe threat, above all from neglect and thieves more >
Nigerian Government moves to safeguard cultural heritage
The Federal Executive Council of Niger has ratified four international Conventions on culture, in an effort to combat a growing trade in stolen and looted cultural heritage. more >
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