By Chukwuma Ajakah Fulton County Arts & Culture and Uni-Spectrum Inc. have partnered to stage “Threads of Heritage” a festival celebrating Nigerian art, performance, and diaspora connections in Atlanta. Veteran Nigerian art icon Chief Nike Okundaye, who has been actively mentoring, promoting, and staging artists from across Nigeria since the early 1970s, is leading the […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah The black witness is an artwork captured by Olamide Adegboye with Africa as his focal point; describing the challenges facing the girl child and her road to success. The owner of the visuals; a 2026 Muse Photography Platinum award winner; used visuals and captured imagery to illustrate his work. Apart from this, […]

By Matilda Ikediobi  In The Reincarnated Jezebel, a seventeen-chapter novel grounded in Igbo cosmology and social realism, Augustina Mbah examines the intersections of love, patriarchy, and spiritual authority within a tightly structured community. The novel engages with enduring questions around gendered power and the consequences of cultural rigidity, situating its narrative within recognisable social frameworks. […]

…as prize records a historic milestone By Prisca Sam-Duru The 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation has recorded a historic milestone, attracting a record-breaking 237 entries. This is the highest number of submissions since the prize was established in 2004. The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation, which is one of […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Entries are now open for the Mega Story Hunt, a vibrant new storytelling competition inspired by the acclaimed book “An Escape to Paris”. This exciting initiative encourages interested individuals to get ready to pack memories and unleash their storyteller spirit. Travelers, adventurers, and everyday storytellers from around the world who have travelled […]

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi Abuja-based contemporary artist, Setonji Akran, has carved a nitch for himself in the ever evolving Nigerian art scene with colourful introspective artworks, etched in dynamic and emotive human figures. For almost two years (April, 2024 -December, 2025), the artist painstakingly created images drawn from sports and embedded with life lessons on personal […]

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi In Nigeria, especially in the Southwest, the lace fabric is a symbol of affluence. Wealthy people wear expensive lace materials as a fashion statement announcing their affluence or importance. But sometimes, struggling people sell off their properties, or borrow money to buy expensive lace materials to hide their poverty or give others […]

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi Madunacho Onyedikachi Wisdom is a UK-based Nigerian artist from the Igbo ethnic group. Both his Igbo ethnic origin and his training in Surveying and Geo-Informatics have profoundly influenced his work. For instance, his “Umu Ada” (Igbo daughters) series, featured in 2026 exhibitions, presented Igbo daughters as custodians of Igbo culture. On the […]

The gele sits at the core of this powerful triptych. That is obvious. What is also obvious is that Oluwatobi Ogundunsin is not neutral about it.

It was captivating to see artists of all levels converge for the inaugural “Lagos Life Drawing Workshop” at JK Randle Hall in Onikan, Lagos.