It appears that Tashe, which is an age-long Hausa culture, is being phased out by civilisation and the advent of technology. This culture is practised during the Ramadan period and it entails young men and women as well as under-aged children wearing rags and going into houses to entertain inhabitants with melodies and drama and […]
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A drama group, Gifted Steppers Children, has concluded arrangements to stage a dance-drama to celebrate the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu’s 69th birthday anniversary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the birthday of the APC stalwart comes up on March 29. The group said that the drama […]
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The egbe farming working group used to be a formidable group mostly among the youths in rural KinNupe who were the pride of their respective homesteads and communities. The women supports their men by preparing meals for the groups, a major source of inspiration for the men who work from dawn till dusk. The women […]
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History have it that “THE KABULU MUSICAL GROUP” won for Nigeria her only medal at, All Africa Cultural Festival held in Algiers in 1969. Because of that, a commemorative postage stamp of ten kobo denomination was in use bearing their picture. It is to be remembered if forgotten by Nigerians, how the Gbagyi dressings drew […]
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Alhamdullilah, Glory be to Almighty Allah. I TPL. Danbaba Umar Idris Erena unbehalf of my family and the the entire family of Mamman Agwagwa Erena, wish to thank his Magesty the village Head of Erena ALHAJI MUHAMMADU ABDULLAHI ERENA who found me Worthy and Confirm on the traditional title of BARDEN YARIMA ERENA on the […]
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has called for the replacement of the Big Brother Naija show with better show that will boost the strength of Nigerians youths. Ooni Ogunwusi, made the call when he played host to scores of Nigerian youths from all parts of the country under the aegis of […]
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Alh. Yusuf Abubakar hails from Bida, Niger State. He studied Business Administration at his first Degree level. He also went for several professional courses in addition to his life time qualifications. Alhaji Yusuf explained to ILLEC management why he registered to learn Nupe Language saying that even at his youthful age, he loved writing in […]
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The Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji (Dr) Yahaya Abubakar, CFR, last week, conferred the Traditional Tittle of WAKILIN AREWA NUPE (DANIYAN) on me. The official presentation of the title from Etsu Nupe to Shaba Nupe to Kpotun Nupe and then to me will IN SHAA ALLAH hold on Saturday, […]
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By Rotimi Ijikanmi The United Kingdom has offered to assist Nigeria in retrieving the Ife Bronze Head, an antiquity stolen at National museum, Jos in 1987 and found with a Belgian collector in London, about thirty years after. The British Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Helen Whately, NP made the pledge on Thursday in […]
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The Governor of Cross River, Ben Ayade, has declared Calabar Carnival open. Ayade said he chose to address the people on the basis of humanity. Speaking at the official opening of the 2019 Calabar street carnival on Saturday, Ayade said God created man for the beauty of the world, but man has degenerated so much […]
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