Faith, translation, and the fracturing of cultural identity in Mount Zion’s ‘Abejoye’
In Abejoye, set as it is in Yorubaland and abroad, language itself becomes a site of estrangement. When Dele asks whether Baba’s utterances are prayers or incantations, the question betrays a dislocation
Annual school chess tournament, ChessMasters, for launch in May
…to include over 500 young players from more than 100 schools By Juliet Umeh Lagos, Nigeria – Come Saturday, May 3, 2025, the first-ever ChessMasters tournament will take place at Eko Hotels & Suites, bringing together over 500 young players from more than 100 schools for what is set to become Africa’s largest annual school chess tournament, competing for more than ₦5,000,000 […]
Ishiekwene reveals secrets to making money from writing
Author of the book, “Writing for Media and Monetising It”, Mr. Azu Ishiekwene, Wednesday, during the reading of his book at the Tayo Aderinokun Hall, University of Lagos, revealed the secrets to making money from writing for the media.
Take your goat, Akparemobou
Many decades they abandoned you, leaving you without the yearly pilgrimage.
For many decades no tethered goat
An evening of words, performances at Naija Poetry Fest
It was an evening of words, performances and thought-provoking discussions, when the Nigerian literary community gathered at Alliance Française/Mike Adenuga Center, Ikoyi, recently to mark the world poetry day, under the aegis of Naija Poetry Fest 2.0.
Unmasking the hypocrisy of faith without works
“Promise Kept: My Friend Majek Fashek and I”, Richie Adewusi’s riveting two-volume, reads like a rollercoaster ride of friendships, betrayals, and lessons learned the hard way
I am an experimental artist, Chima says
…shows in ‘City Dwellers’ @ Alexis Galleries By Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor A solo art exhibition titled “City Dwellers” showing recent mixed-media works by Uchay Joel Chima will open May 3, 2025 at Alexis Galleries, and run till May 17. Patty Chidiac Mastrogiannis founder of Alexis Gallery, in a statement at a press briefing announcing […]
Art ministry calls for entries for “Nigeria Everywhere” creative collection competition
The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy has announced an open call for fashion designers and creatives across the country to apply for “Nigeria Everywhere: The Creative Collection”.
PROF délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́ @ 80: We should be concerned with quality of life, not age – délé jẹ́gẹ́dẹ́
Prof. Dele Jegede is a Nigerian-American painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator and teacher.
Epic literary showdown as 252 novelists compete for NLNG’s $100,000 lit Prize
The stage is set and as it stands, one out of the overwhelming 252 entries received for the 2025 Nigeria Prize For Literature will, expectedly, emerge victorious come October this year.
‘Nigeria Jaga Jaga’ will continue to be second National Anthem, Eedris Abdulkareem
Controversial Nigerian rapper and activist, Eedris Abdulkareem, has declared that his iconic 2001 protest song, Nigeria Jaga Jaga, will remain the country’s unofficial second national anthem—until the issues it addresses are resolved.
