Many epochal things happen in Nigeria, and somehow the people forget because the events have not been recorded for posterity. The lack of documentation leads to the cavalier attitude to affairs of state. There are no ready references to bring to bear on the activities of the leaders.

The ant eaters; a collection of rants and anthems; by ‘Kufre Ekanem; Kraft Books Limited, Ibadan; October 2010

After a controversial outing in Big Brother Africa 2, BBA2, where she emerged first runner up, Ofunneka Molokwu has put aside the scandals that almost smeared a good representation of Nigeria’s image and is dedicating her life in service to humanity.

There are different ways to brand a country in a very positive way. One of the ways, I think is the River State way. The institutionalization of a culture of literacy through reading campaigns; a campaign that has resulted in the birth of an international literary festival, which now holds in the beautiful garden city of Port Harcourt.

The novel, Things fall apart, continues to be a reference point to African crisis. And as its writer, Africa’s foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, marks his 80th birthday, which began well before his November 16 birthday, commentators the world over have been using the title of the novel, written to depict the colonial impact on Africa, to describe present Nigerian/African crises as tributes to Achebe.

Today, Saturday, November 20, at Abalti Barracks, Ojuelegba, Surulere, Imo indigenes in Lagos under the aegis of Imo State Towns Development Association(ISTDAL) mark this year’s Imo Day/cultural carnival of 50 cultural troupe.

As the 5th edition of the Lagos based ArtHouse Contemporary kicks off on Monday 22nd, November, 2010 at five star event venue, the Civic Centre, one troubled issue concerning the debate about the inclusion of photography as one component of the nation’s contemporary art, would have been solved permanently.

The great river of his life has fed many rivulets,
And earned for this unbounded gratitude;
Of our rivers he is the Nile,
Leisurely in its flow and steadfast,
Serving myriads on its timeless course.

The conception was fortuitous, the gestation brief, the birth pangs spasmodic, the delivery somewhat fraught; but nothing in this anxiety-laden process foreshadowed the excitement of the audience on seeing the new baby on stage at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, on October 14, 2010.

Exactly one month after he was inducted into the NNLG Hall of Fame by the Nigerian Academy of Letters, (NAL) Prof. Emmanuel Obiechina died last week in the United States of Americas at the age of 77.

Popular song star, Stella Monye of Oko Mi fame is no doubt a polyvalent artists. Apart from her very ambitious 1000 mics women empowerment NGO that aspires to change the musical career of Nigerian women artists, Monye, also recently added fashion brand to her large and growing creative talent through the introduction of a cloth line called, Samba Clothes. In this interview the Delta State born artist spoke to arts on Sunday about her new found pet.

Against all odds, the four year old, Life in My City festival last month held in the coal city of Enugu; and from a ll candid estimations, the show came out stronger both in organization and in the quality of works that scaled through regional contests held across the federation to make for the national grand finale that held at Nike Lake Hotel, Enugu.

The month of November is a very bad month for the people of the Niger Delta States of Nigeria. It was the month in which in 1995 that vibrant writer and environmental activist, Ken Saro Wiwa was murdered by the dictators of the Nigerian State. Since after that primitive wasting of a creative voice, the Nigerian literary community has decided to honour the month of November as some kind of memorial in honour of the departed writer.

On July 1, 2010, MNet premiered Studio 53 Extra, a programme focused on the glitzy and glamourous side of Africa. If the earlier incarnation of the show invoked Indiana Jones, this one was undoubtedly all Naomi Campbell. Movie premieres, the runway and album launches are some of the events one tends to see on this show.

Bilkisu Abubakar is one Northern Nigeria female writer, who has employed the tool of creative writing in engaging the discourse of religion, gender and polygamy in the predominantly Islamic North. In this conversation with United States of Americas based literary scholar and writer, Unoma Azuah, how she has successfully done this with her two novels :To Live Again and The Woman in Me.