The Arts

NPL: How three authors turned pain, history and faith into poetry 

NPL: How three authors turned pain, history and faith into poetry 

By Prisca Sam-Duru The 2026 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature nears its climax parading three poets, three different obsessions, but one common urgency — to hold a mirror to Nigeria. James Ngwu Eze writes against fear and silence. Tares Oburumu interrogates the colonial name we still bear. Ogaga Ifowodo asks a disturbingly simple […]
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ArtHouse expands art auction market

ArtHouse expands art auction market

The fortunes of most Nigerian and West African artists will change for good as ArtHouse Contemporary Limited , a company that is committed to establishing regular venue for the sale of modern and contemporary Nigerian and African art offers for sale 101 works of paintings

Dear Dr Goodluck Jonathan

Dear Dr Goodluck Jonathan

Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has delivered the words. An astronomical sum of Five Hundred Billion Naira (N500 b), for the building and reestablishment of Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry.

Photo – speaking Mr. President…

Photo – speaking Mr. President…

These are interesting moments for the Nigeria’s culture space: Surprisingly, at a time when every attention is expected to have shifted to the political turf, the culture space is rather witnessing national attention as various sectors of the sub sector now, receive front burner national notice.

Ulli Beier (1922- 2011)… The Patron Saint at Iwalewa House

Ulli Beier (1922- 2011)… The Patron Saint at Iwalewa House

Ulli Beier, the German editor, writer , scholar and one of the people that pioneered the development of literature, drama and poetry in Nigeria as well as in Papua New Guinea died last week in Annandale, Sydney, Austrialia at the age of 89.