Northern Laos’ Luang Prabang Province welcomed some 1,583,000 tourists in the first nine months of 2024, surpassing its target of 900,000 set for this year. Local news website Lao Pattana News on Tuesday reported Mayor of Luang Prabang city Viengthong…
Venice bans large tourist groups and loudspeakers
New rules banning loudspeakers and limiting tour group sizes to 25 people have come into force in Venice. The measures have been introduced to limit the impact of over-tourism on the Italian city, officials say. The canals of Venice’s historic…
Nigeria’s Aginam leads the world via the United Nations — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
A distinguished Nigerian, Professor Obijiofor Aginam, has upped the ante of the country by leading the world at the United Nations. The Director General of the United Nations Education, Science, and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) has just announced the appointment of…
Providus Bank hosts World Poetry Day in honour of Wole Soyinka @ 90
With World Poetry Day on March 21st, Providus Bank is once again taking the lead in promoting the art of poetry with its annual “Providus Bank Poetry Café” event. Held as part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme,…
First lady Jill Biden marks US reentry into UNESCO at Paris ceremony
U.S. first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris on Tuesday, marking Washington’s official reentry into the U.N. agency after a controversial five-year hiatus. The Stars and Stripes was hoisted up outside UNESCO’s headquarters with the…
Ghanaian capital takes over as UNESCO’s 2023 World Book Capital
The Ghanaian capital Accra formally took over as the 2023 World Book Capital of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) from the Mexican city of Guadalajara on Monday. “Books and reading are essential to us all, as…
Ghanaian capital takes over as UNESCO’s 2023 World Book Capital
The Ghanaian capital Accra formally took over as the 2023 World Book Capital of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) from the Mexican city of Guadalajara on Monday. “Books and reading are essential to us all, as…
French baguette voted onto UN World Cultural Heritage list
The baguette – a mix of wheat flour, water, yeast, salt and a pinch of savoir-faire, and as much a symbol of France as the Eiffel Tower – has gained UNESCO recognition as the UN body on Wednesday voted to include the…
Out-of-school children hit 20m as poverty, insecurity worsen
In spite of efforts by governments, many more Nigerian children are dropping out of school. Although the Federal Ministry of Education is picking holes in the 2021 figures of an analytical statistics organisation, SBMorgan Intelligence, that put the number of…
Students risk losing $17trn in lifetime earnings to COVID-19 – Report
The World Bank-UNESCO-UNICEF report has laid out the magnitude of the education crisis, stating that present generation of students now risk losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 per cent of today’s global GDP as…