The dinner last week with top shots of the nation’s movie industry, Nollywood at the high profile Eko Le Merridian at the instance of Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Strategy

It was May, 2010. I received a text message inviting me to a poetry reading at Maryland Crescent, being May Day. I had ignored an earlier invitation from the same source, to the same venue.

It was another intellectual feast for Nigerians and the rest of the world as memories of the scientific and technological innovations made by the Biafrans during the tragic Nigerian civil war that happened over 44 years ago was relived as one of the major actors in the war, Dr Felix Oragwu

Men’s love for God in this perilous times, truly is waxing cold. This change in attitude is a confirmation of the Biblical injunction as recorded in Matthew 24:12, resulting in individuals, worst of all, leaders doing things out of spite and self ambition irrespective of how badly the poor masses suffer from their actions . The love for wealth acquisition has become so intrusive on the rights of citizens of Nigeria to the extent that not even crumbs are left by the oppressors and persecutors of God’s people for the downtrodden.

The videoclip ‘I’m Waiting’made its debut on the airwaves last February, with clear messages of the prevailing value of ‘self’ in the midst of turmoil. A much-anticipated collaborative work between KORA award winner Ade Bantu, and MOBO award-winning songstress Nneka, both of NIGerman origin.

Though a young player in the Nigerian telecommunications market, with innovative and unique products, ETISALAT, a mobile telephony provider appears to have a soft spot for the Art industry as evident from its sponsorship of Art festivals, competitions and art related talent hunt show across the nation. In this conversation

In this post colonial reading of V.S.Naipaul, Onwubiko Agozino provides another interesting dimension to the historic contribution of the black race in the evolvement of politics of non violence

IN old South-Eastern Nigeria, comprising the present Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa and Rivers States of Nigeria, there are some ceremonies connected with traditional marriage, which must be performed before the bride and bridegroom eventually come to live together as wife and husband. Such ceremonies include: fattening seclusion, “Coming-of-age” and “Coming-to-meet” festivities

Come 12th of March,Nsukka trained artist,Joseph Eze will present his new experiment on how to take care of the environment in a solo exhibition titled Hyphen. The exhibition which will be his third solo effort will be held at Nike Art Gallery, Lekki and will run till 19th of March

From the stables of Coast2Coast,Lagos, the publisher of the award-winning novels, Preganancy of the gods, and Treasure in the Winds by Odili Ujubuonu, Colourless Rainbow: Poetry of My Childhood by Senator Ihenyen, is now out