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COVID-19: NCDC releases new guidelines for public health leaders, business owners

A call to build COVID-19 reference museum in Nigeria, Globally

On July 10, 20208:44 amIn Viewpointby Lawal Sherifat

By Boston Edogi Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) brought the entire world almost to a standstill and state of confusion. However, many countries’ leaders, teams and World Health Organization (W. H.O) battled (and still battling) the ravaging disease head-on and tirelessly with all their medical teams including health care workers, researchers, media teams, volunteers, citizens,
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Museum Heist: German police offer reward for stolen jewels

On November 28, 20195:50 pmIn Foreign, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

Investigators in Germany on Thursday offered a half-a-million-euro reward for information about the spectacular heist in which robbers snatched priceless diamonds from a state museum in Dresden. Police said the reward ($550,000) was being offered to anyone providing information “which could lead… to the capture of the perpetrators or the recovery of the stolen items”.
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Priceless items stolen from one of world’s oldest museum

On November 25, 20195:09 pmIn Foreign, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

Thieves carried out a heist Monday at Dresden’s Green Vault, one of the world’s oldest museum, making off with three “priceless” sets of jewellery from the 18th century that German officials said would be impossible to sell on the open market. Police said they were alerted shortly before 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) to a break-in
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Ebenezer Obey Museum opens at FCE Abeokuta

On October 7, 20198:32 amIn The Artsby Nwafor

Evangelist (Prof.) Ebenezer Oluwaremilekun Olasupo Aremu Obey-Fabiyi (MFR), Nigeria’s veteran musician cum gospel crusader last Wednesday opened a gallery museum-space at the Federal College of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

US museum returns Egyptian gold coffin looted by art thieves

On September 26, 20198:44 amIn Foreign, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

A gilded coffin looted by art thieves in the wake of the Arab Spring and unwittingly purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has been returned to the Egyptian authorities. The sarcophagus dates back to the first century BC and once held the mummy of Nedjemankh, a priest of the ram god
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Entertainment in Lagos

On March 8, 20198:35 amIn Entertainment, Viewpointby Urowayino Jeremiah

Lagos State is not called the center of excellence for anything.

Museums remain key to tourism, economic devt — NCMM boss

On May 21, 20182:56 amIn Newsby Emmanuel Okogba

THE National Commission for Museums and Monuments, NCMM, has called on curators and heads of stations of the commission to key into the digital world of today’s museums, find new approaches and make their museums more technologically friendly so as to enhance tourism in the country.

NASS museum, vital to legislative history of lawmakers – Saraki

On May 3, 201811:32 amIn News, Politicsby vanguard

SENATE President Bukola Saraki, yesterday inaugurated an Adhoc Committee for the establishment and development of the National Assembly Museum and Archives, just as he stressed that a Museum for the National Assembly, remains a vital legislative history for lawmakers.

Stretched Terrains Molue mobile museum departs Nigeria for Dak’Art

On April 10, 201811:51 pmIn Newsby vanguard

The Goethe Institute Nigeria Mobile residency set to take artists to Dak’Art in Dakar, Senegal, commenced their journey on Monday April 9, from Lagos, Nigeria.

FCT to get national museum soon

On July 28, 20172:42 pmIn Newsby Urowayino Jeremiah

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will soon have a national museum that will reflect Nigeria’s cultural diversity to give the territory the true status of centre of unity.