Book Capital 2014 team was honoured with a welcome gift from the Deputy Mayor of Bangkok at the opening of a series of special events to mark the launch of the Thai city’s tenure as UNESCO World Book Capital City for 2013.

A TOTAL of 10 schools have been invited to the 7th Macmillan Youth Literary Day 2013, and subsequently, saddled with the responsibility of using their various presentations to illustrate that amidst all fears, failures and frustrations, Nigerians are blessed with skills, ability and mental capacity to rise above the teaming challenges currently confronting the nation, and achieve greatness.

It was a historic moment last week, when an African American family of Sculptor Melvin Edwards came to Benin, Nigeria with cremated ash of his late wife, poet Jayne Cortez for final burial. The quiet and symbolic ceremony underlies the eternal connection between Africa at home and Africa in the Diaspora.

One can call it a dramatic come back to her first love or an era of fulfillment. After three decades of perfunctory practice, she returns with her strongest body of works featuring her recent pieces, embodied with variety that announces her as a brilliant and intelligent artist and also, works of her son, a modernist, full of strength and vigour of a youth whose style geared towards the “”tablet-age” contemporary with a speed and refinement in modern art.

Last week, Nigerian artists under the umbrella of an association called Artists Collective held a rally to challenge Federal government’s decision to make the nation’s cultural symbol, the National Theatre, a five star hotel.