As the August 13th date for the much anticipated first-ever Festival of India in Nigeria draws near, hundreds of Indians and Nigerians last Sunday witnessed the colourful Chariot Inauguration Ceremony which took place at the Maryland, Lagos home of Gaurapad Charities, the official sponsor of the Festival.

Without a wholesome or complete revelation of the vastness of God’s names, a believer is limited and disadvantaged. That ignorance undermines the joy that awaits us- the appropriation of all the benefits and comforts of redemption that rightly belongs to God’s children. Indeed, not understanding or misunderstanding who God is, is a dangerous dereliction….” with these words from the foreword by Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, the General Overseer of Action Chapel International Ministry, Accra, Ghana, I introduce you to this powerful book entitled His Name Is….Over 2000 Names of My God written by Folorunsho Alakija.

Again, experts have identified the neglect of Nigerian languages and culture as the bane of its crippled development. This was the submission of scholars who spoke during the 2016 Authors’ forum organised by the famous publishers, University Press Plc at the ancient city of Ibadan.

As the world eagerly awaits a Nigerian perspective on the Choral Music Art, The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Mrs Dayo Keshi has been speaking on the essence of such festival stressing that the initiation of Choralfest as well as its format today remains one of the fastest growing forms of tourism activities which is becoming incresingly popular.

CAPE Town- based Penny Busetto is a writer known for her novel The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself which won the European Union Literary Award 2013 and got to the finals of the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015.