In this body of work, Omolade photographs the ever busy Ibadan suburb at eventide, using light trails as patterns to depict vehicular movements, commuters’ dispositions, and intersections. The resulting portrait unveils a city that is steadily on the move and never static.

By Chris Onuoha Obinna Chilekezi is a poet, author, teacher, literary critic and research fellow including insurance expert. His passion for creative writing, poetry precisely, spans over three decades with lots of publications to his credit. The Imo State-born social commentator, in this interview describes his journey into literary world as one with multifaceted background. […]

Award-winning Nigerian immersive stage production, Esther’s Revenge, is set to return to the United Kingdom this summer for another tour following growing international acclaim and popular demand.

A close look at “Y” reveals Oreoluwa’s ingenuity in wordplay as he fine-tunes the single letter syntactically from diverse angles to introduce a serious subject, raising a plethora of unanswered questions.

Nigerian drummer, Ogunyemi Femi Oladimeji, has said that the ‘talking’ drum is more than an instrument because it is his calling. Speaking with Vanguard, he said, “Some people discover their purpose later in life, but mine has always echoed through the sound of the talking drum. My passion is deeply rooted in Yoruba culture. I have been playing the talking drum for over […]

Executed masterfully in charcoal, the piece embraces softness, erasure, and ambiguity. These stylistic choices serve as a poignant metaphor

By Prisca Sam-Duru The Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize For Literature, on Thursday, July 23, 2026, announced a longlist of 11 for the 2026 edition of the prize. The eleven outstanding poetry collections which emerged on the longlist were selected from 223 entries received earlier for the competition. The announcement, by the chairman of […]

The artist whose artistic journey is inspired by a tradition enriched with memories of art, love for people, and communal existence, notes that his work focuses on spotlighting the unseen aspects of Africa’s history, cultural heritage, and identity.

Izonebi is a musician singing in the festival and may he have all his desires granted after the festival.

Sandra Odige, CEO, La Mode Group, said the event will showcase a fusion of fashion, fine art, photography, styling, and live performances

In SHAME, Joachim Keke does not enter the theatre as a dancer seeking display. He enters it as a body under pressure. Watched by the camera, framed by the stage and held in the tension of being seen, his movement asks what shame does before language can explain it.

By Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tree fruitful sprang up in Akugbene 104 years ago. Birds alighted on its branches and fed on the  fruits, chirping and dancing happily. No bird could devour the fruits in their verdant vibrations. The fruits were like the stars in the sky; The fruits were like the sand on Alagbaru sandbank. […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru On a warm evening in Marburg, Germany, a bakery became an unlikely stage for a powerful conversation about humanity.That was precisely on May 16, 2026, in Marburg, Germany. The premiere of Bread and Butter, an international theatre production by Kininso Creative (UK/Nigeria) and Hessisches Landestheater Marburg (HLTM), transformed a simple kitchen space […]

When the Spanish journalist Carlos Barragan announced recently on LinkedIn that The Yahoo Boys, his book about the online scammers of Lagos, had just been released, the comment section beneath his post was animated. There was praise for this first book by a young journalist, but also curiosity from some Nigerian commenters about his motives, as well […]

By Enewaridideke Ekanpou Rt. Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri, the former speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, is now a senator. Lokpobiri has detailed me to alert the world to the agreement between Sagbama and Ekeremor on power-sharing. It is like the husband-sharing agreement between the wives of a man. If the Senate goes to […]