The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Art, and Culture is concluding plans to unveil the grand Yoruba Week celebration, slated for September 2024. A statement on Tuesday noted that the event will showcase the cultural heritage of the Yoruba people through traditional music, dance, art exhibitions, and delectable culinary delights. “With GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu now the esteemed Chairman of the …

If a state like Lagos is not proactive, it may one day discover that its tradition and culture have disappeared with the wind. Being a melting pot – the global village of the Giant of Africa – its culture stands the risk of getting neutralised as it spreads its aquatic carpet for all and sundry trooping in with their variegated …

Lagos State Government is proposing to set aside the last week of September every year for the celebration of the Yoruba culture, according to a letter to the state House of Assembly by the executive arm The decision of the government followed a resolution passed by the Assembly at a sitting on 19th September 2023. The Permanent Secretary of the …