During the just concluded Lagos Book and Art Festival held at the National Theatre , Lagos, five Nigerian contemporary artists, Washington Uba (photo-artist), Soibifaa Dokubo (photo-artist), Jude Anogwih (video artist), Emeka Ogbor (video artist), and Jelili Atiku (video and performance artist) in an exhibition titled; Express Ver-bis ,presented a social and politically motivated issues during the festival’s visual art section.

The continued search for ways of harnessing the media for the purpose of cultural promotion being pioneered by the Barclays Ayakoroma led National Institute for Cultural Orientation held its third leg workshop for art and culture editors and writers at the Merit House, Aguyi Ironsi Street, Maitama , Abuja last week.

After successful hosting of series of exhibition in the nation’s seat of power, Abuja, Thoughts Pyramid Art Gallery, one of the leading art galleries in Abuja as part of its mission to exhibiting works of deep cultural and historical depths will from the 2nd to the 10th of December, 2010 awaken the sensibilities of art connoisseurs with another heart thrilling exhibition tagged, TIES : An exhibition of Paintings and Mixed Media.

Many epochal things happen in Nigeria, and somehow the people forget because the events have not been recorded for posterity. The lack of documentation leads to the cavalier attitude to affairs of state. There are no ready references to bring to bear on the activities of the leaders.

The ant eaters; a collection of rants and anthems; by ‘Kufre Ekanem; Kraft Books Limited, Ibadan; October 2010