Now that we have ‘moved forward’ (3)
I had asked myself intuitively what else was there to write about the ethno-religious- bloody-letting on Jos (Plateau) that had not been written before. Or that I have not written about before now!? Is it the virtually ‘do-nothing-say-nothing’ attitude of the clueless, near-complicit Jonathan administration on the Jos massacres, or is it the notorious failure, usually, of our ‘un-intelligent’-or maybe ‘over-intelligent’- ‘Intelligence’ organisations; or better still the subtle, guile-and sometimes barefaced complot- of our compromised kind of journalism practice?
The “Art” in Bamanga Tukur The Global Villager
Ask any Nigerian and he’d probably tell you Dr. Bamanga is either an accomplished mariner, consummate administrator, frontline politician, statesman, a manager of managers, or better still a durable private sector mogul …. What with his many years of serving as President, African Business Roundtable, chief of Africa Peers Review Mechanism or arrowhead of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa Development) . Hardly will anyone link him with the art world, particularly fine art.
The return of Ekiti Parapo War
125 years after the end of one of the world’s longest civil wars, South-west states bring back Ekiti Parapo War (1770-1886) through a stage play that hopes to relight the spirit of hate with a new found love.
Amazing Grace excites Female prisoners
THIRTY-ONE female prisoners and 142 ladies awaiting trial who are squeezed into the 105-capacity Kirikiri Female Prisons had every reason to be excited last Saturday when a modern multi-purpose hall built by Amazing Grace Pentecostal Church for the comfort of the inmates was commissioned.
To President Jonathan: On national security– 3
Mr President, just in case your administration proves to be forgetful of recent history, let me remind you of something I wrote last March, on mindless violence, and what followed. Another anniversary is round the corner- just 13 days away as a matter of fact.
Art Is Everywhere (AIE) 10, held at ABU ZARIA
Art Is Everywhere (AIE) 10 international workshop commenced on Thursday 8th September at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. The workshop featured 27 participants; seven foreign artists from the Gambia, Senegal, Togo and Benin Republic with 20 Nigerian artists.
