I heard the news: Okosisi Dalu. But not Achebe No! Not the Achebe we know He just cannot fall For wherever he is He stands Taller Than all Your father, our brother Chinua Achebe, the master storyteller Yesterday made his grand exit Into eternity With resounding harvests of creativity, yet He left a gaping hole […]

Penultimate week, at Didi Museum, Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island , a feast of colours served in engagingly creative compositions, opened to the viewing public.The show tagged, ‘The Old and the New Testaments’ will feature Bona Ezeudu’s emotional representation of existential issues in colours.

To many, the Niger Delta is known for violence and militancy, hence the popular adage; can anything good come out of that area, but that notion was erased last week when many literary giants, captains of industry, friends and family members of the author gathered in Lagos for the celebration of a creative enterprise and womanhood. The event was the presentation of a new book titled From an Orphan to a Queen written by Bayelsa State born PR and Communications Specialists, Mrs Titi Horsfall.

The old British Prison located along Broad Street Lagos which has since metamorphosed into a cultural recreation centre known as Freedom Park, wore a fresh and more tourism like look last week, when nothing less than 18 life-size sculptural works were commissioned by Omooba Yemisi Shyllon.

To many, the Niger Delta is known for violence and militancy, hence the popular adage can anything good come out of them, but that notion was erased last week when many literary giants, captains of industry, friends and family members of the author gathered in Lagos for the celebration of a creative enterprise and womanhood . The event was the presentation of a new book titled From an Orphan to a Queen written by Bayelsa State born PR and Communications Specialists, Mrs Titi Horsfall.

From the Niger Delta,Abeokuta and from all over Nigeria as well as different parts of the world, art enthusiasts, collectors, students, art lecturers, scholars and artists congregated at the prestigious Grillo Pavilion, Ikorodu, Lagos, for the 5th Annual Visual Art Fiesta which held at the weekend.

Novelist, playwright, and biographer of Nigeria, Bankole Omotoso, will be 70 years old on April 21, 2013. His arrival at this significant landmark raises the flag for the generation of writers that emerged after the Achebe-Soyinka-J. P. Clark generation.

Following the sudden exit of Chinua Achebe, doyen of African literature,founding editor of the African Writers Series and one of the founders of the Association of Nigerian Authors, the National Executive Council of the Association of Nigerian Authors is organizing a cross-country Tribute by all its chapters of the federation in honour of her departed grand trustee.

In fulfillment of a promise made to late wood carver, Lamidi Fakeye and also to maintain his revered position as front liner in the development of Nigeria and Africa Art, Omooba Yemisi Shyllon last week at Freedom Park, Lagos, presented the book, “Conversations With Lamidi Fakeye”

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Human Rights Committee will tomorrow organize a one day regional human rights summit at Jogor Centre, Ibadan, with the theme: “The Protection of Human Rights in Nigeria- A Collective Project.”