In a bid to celebrate the yuletide and birth of Jesus Christ, art production house ‘’Nubia house’’ recently organised a special carol where they launched three albums at their Olufemi Ojo street office, Akowonjo.
The event kicked off with a rendition of the national anthem by students of Nubia House production and guests present , and after that some of the students in their unique way presented hymns that thre the entire audience into a solemn mood. Thereafter, the director, Mrs Titilayo Adebayo officially declared the event open.

There is not a single culture in this world of ours that lacks music. People across the globe have fashioned instruments of all sorts to express the musicality inherent in them. It is about the only thing that engages both right and left sides of the brain.

Culture they say is a way of life, that is why every society has its own and strive to maintain it. But one ugly incident is that since the so called colonisation by the foreign powers that super imposed their culture on Africa, the continent lost most of its culture.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s third novel, Americanah, has just been named one of the Top 10 Best Books of 2013 by the New York Times. The list of the 10 best books is chosen by a team of editors at the New York Times, a newspaper widely regarded as the most prestigious in the world. The list, selected from thousands of books published each year, is eagerly awaited by the literary world and the wider public.

It was a day of double honour for the founder of Covenant Harvester Christian International Ministry, Dotun Ojelabi, as his latest offering to the world of literature, titled the Eagle personality, which lays bare the intricacies of the characteristics of an Eagle, focusing on how to win in life with positive attitude was presented to the public.

The recently held NAIJAZZ FESTIVAL 2013 fielded a fabulous feast of the best Nigerian Jazz and Jazz related musicians home and abroad who for two days serenaded many to various styles in the genre. There was jazz, highlife, agidigbo, afrobeat and lots more all mixed with a hint of original Nigerian flavor.

The stage was well decorated with a banner with the picture of Mandela and next to it was another banner with Nigeria flag and that of their South African counterpart with the portrait of Mandela with the inscription; Lagos: Tribute to Mandela at Freedom Park. On the other side were Nigerians from all walks of life who gathered at the former prison yard turned Freedom park to pay glowing tributes to the fiirst democratically elected black South African President whose legend as freedom fighter, democrat, philanthropist, humanitarian, nation builder, unifier, liberator, change agent and Nobel Peace Prize winner continues to reverberate around the world even in death, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Where ever art goes, people go and so was it penultimate week when art lovers, diplomats and others gathered at the Consulate General of Italv, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos for a solo exhibition by Italian born Gigi Micheletti.

The amazing number of Magazines and books that make their way into the news stand and bookshops all over Nigeria on a daily basis, makes it difficult for one to come to terms with the wide believe that the readership culture of Nigerians is poor, for if people are not reading, more writers wouldn’t come on board.

Former Bursar of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof May Ifeoma Nwoye, last week, emerged one of the winners at the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The Federal Government has said that it had identified 100 heritage sites across the federation to be declared national monument in commemoration of the country’s centenary celebration.

The quest for power has never been the problem but the nature of such power and most importantly, the means through which individuals go about trying to obtain power.
It is sad that many Christians today have been overtaken by teachings on prosperity by some over zealous preachers, that they no longer pay attention to living a life of holiness and righteousness.

The cross cultural and historical exhibition titled “Voyage Retour” organised by the Goethe-Institut Lagos, in collaboration with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lagos, recently came to a resounding close with a colloquium titled “Crossing Archives”.

In the spirit of the season and as part of its strategic corporate social responsibility aimed at supporting the development and education of the Nigerian child, Zenith bank Nigeria Plc, last week treated children from different schools in Lagos to another elaborate feast during this year’s Christmas youth carnival.

One of the lines of a song by Ira D. Sankey read “Fading away like the stars of the morning……Only remembered by what we have done.” Achebe was one of Africa’s best novelists and story teller, though he joined his ancestors last year but his footprints are still here and would live forever. It is in line with the above that Late literary icon, Albert Chinuanulumogu Achebe will once again take the centre stage as the literary community all over the world gets set to celebrate him and one of his classic novels Arrow of God as it clocks 50 next year.