Shams went further to give a brief history of how the book evolved, beginning with the publication, in August 1939, of a leaflet with the provocative title “The Tomb of Jesus Christ in India.” After World War II, he says, the first edition of Where did Jesus Die? was published. Expectedly, the leaflet and book elicited different responses from Londoners, newspapers and journals.

At a time when most Nigerians were covering before the brutal regime of General Sani Abacha, a few brave souls were fighting, what to most of our fellow countrymen, a lost cause. To those brave souls, we owe this day. I was also busy on this page writing columns in defence of freedom, which one of my old friends, Ayo Olagunjoye, former Managing Director of National Bank, called suicidal.

The fortunes of most Nigerian and West African artists will change for good as ArtHouse Contemporary Limited , a company that is committed to establishing regular venue for the sale of modern and contemporary Nigerian and African art offers for sale 101 works of paintings, sculpture, mixed media works, prints and photographs by well known and emerging artists

If you are a woman with a bit of flesh, you should know that you can be just as sexy and attractive as your slim counterparts. This is so true as proven here by our well rounded celebs, who turned out in gorgeous attires looking as luscious and as beautiful as they can be

Next week Thursday, April 28th 2011, Ola Oloidi, professor of Art History at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, will be delivering his inaugural lecture titled, “The Rejected Stone

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakare, says, following alleged electoral irregularities highlighted by his party, especially in the South-east and South-south, the just conducted presidential election should have been voided by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

What is the character of a president and commander-in-chief without the backing of a strong wife? Discuss!

That, perhaps, is the best way to attempt to locate and capture the essence of Goodluck Jonathan, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigerian.

As part of its mandate of producing theatrical works that meet national aspiration, the apex performing institution in Nigeria, the National Troupe of Nigeria will this Easter stage a musical chorale concert titled, ‘The Rhythm of the Nation’. The concert will be directed by Dapo Omideyi with the ethnomusicologist, Femi Ogunrombi providing support.

No matter how much of an extrovert I want to believe I am, I always cherish the ‘me’ time I spend in my bedroom that looks more of a bombsite than the haven it’s supposed to be.

Riots which normally follow the release of election results in Nigeria are obviously condemnable for several reasons. In the first place, rioting is an illegal method of protesting the outcome of an election because it normally leads to loss of lives and property. The riots which followed the presidential election of Saturday, April 16, 2011, were particularly destructive.