Colours, culture on display as Victoria Island carnival lights up Lagos
By Prisca Sam-Duru & Onyeka Ezike Victoria Island Lagos’ daily activities, usually marked by deafening sounds from corporate engines, horrific traffic and noise from several commercial activities are being replaced by a different kind of vibe – entertainment. This is as Downtown Promotions lights up the streets of Victoria Island with its unveiling of the maiden […]
Aderonke Aina-Scott exhibits And She Persevered, other works
Frontline prolific artist, Aderonke Aina-Scott is set to assuage the yearnings of art enthusiasts as she launches her second solo exhibition tagged: And She Persevered. This is a follow up to her debut titled Colours in My Mind premiered at the Mydrim Gallery in 2013. The works attracted rave reviews and earned her participation in Lakeville Art Festival in Minnesota in 2014
Children’s brains develop faster with music training
Almost at the same time, the late Sylva Eleanya of Vanguard newspaper paid me another visit. The Weekend Editor, Chuks Ugwoke, had sent him to come and find out whether I had another manuscript.
I prefer writing about root cause of women’s frustrations – Koroye
Koromane Koroye, is a spoken Word artist and a writer. She is a graduate of English and Creative Writing. In this exclusive chat, she reveals more about spoken word, an aspect of poetry that is fast becoming a preference to reading. Excerpts:
Book on Power: Uwaifo’s Conversations in Electric Utility Engineering
It also sensitizes our minds, and wants us to appreciate the essence of the industry and the impetus that it can bring to the modernization of our economy
Postscript on Russia 2018: A quarrel in Dubai over Arts & Craft
We had a bitter quarrel in Dubai, my friend and I, over arts and craft. Flying Emirates from Abuja, we needed to disembark in Dubai and take a connecting flight to Moscow. The waiting in Dubai was about five hours. They say the long wait in Dubai is customary and deliberate. The idea is for the traveller to spend some of his money in Dubai.
