It was a gathering of retirees, families, friends and colleagues that graced the occasion of the presentation of chief Ebunoluwa Omoyele’s book, titled, “The Civil Service In Nigeria : Evolution And Challenges”, held last week at the National Institute of International Affairs, Lagos.

Nigerian literature has scored another major high with Pita Okute winning the internationally coveted Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction in 2012. Pita Okute’s masterful novel Wild Spirits beat out competition from many authors out of the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Latin America.

There is an old debate, one that I find necessary: should a man who has hardly finished the first half of his life – let’s put that at 40 – be writing a biography.

The Department of Creative Arts,University of Lagos came alive last week when it hosted the eleventh edition of Art Is Everywhere (AIE) workshop.

National Gallery of Art will today at the Margret Ekpo Cultural Centre Complex Calabar, Cross River State flag off its two day flagship programmes; National Symposium on Nigerian Art and its Annual Distinguished lecture.