Last year, a synergy started well with the participation of Trinidad and Tobago in the 2011 edition of Abuja Carnival with the presentation of Steelband, a symbol of that country’s popular annual carnival to the Government of Nigeria.

Vanguard Sunday Art recently ran into Melinda Akinlami, the present presenter of Art House, a popular art and culture programme is one of the defining and remarkable programmes from the rich bouquet of Channel Televisions. She shares her experiences on how she has been able to sustain and improve on the reporting of Art House in the last seven years.

It is virtually impossible to predict what Victor Ehikhamenor will do next. From getting repatriated home (to Nigeria) on the team of Next, the newspaper that was to fulfil the integrity yearnings of the idealist Nigerian, as a Creative Director, he morphs to being a big player in new Media publishing with Zazugist.com. Best known as a roving visual artist albeit based in the United States, he is to the arts a natural, as comfortable with the pen as with the scapula. Chatting with Sunday Vanguard over lunch, he tells the reasons why he thinks pidgin English has come of age.

African-American Authors since their emergence in the writing scene in the 8th-century have not only blossomed and matured, but made phenomenal impact on the entire world through their magnanimous talents and creativity. It is in the recognition of the contributions of these female legendary authors that this year’s Black History Month is devoted to the celebration of impeccable achievements.

One of the greatest problems confronting Nigeria as a nation is the issue of lack of trust. The image of the country has been so battered that in the minds of outsiders this country is bereft of integrity.