Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Prisca Sam-Duru STOCKHOLM — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, was honoured “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The prize was announced […]
Mabiaku, Sadare, other Nigerian Jazz lovers salute Hugh Masekela
As the world and many governments, corporations and jazz lovers all over the world poured encomiums on the father of Hugh Masekela, Nigerian Jazz musicians and lovers were not left out as they joined them in celebration of the South African Jazz legend who passed away recently.
Missing Iconic Nigerian Painting found in London flat
A missing painting of a Nigerian princess that attained an almost mythical status after going decades unseen has been discovered in a north London flat.
Digital media: The future of creative journalists
In a bid to equip journalists with social media tools that will enrich their stories and make it more reader-friendly, Wild Fusion Foundation, a digital marketing agency organised a one-day digital marketing training for journalists on Thursday January 3, at the foundation’s office in Lagos.
A’Ibom’s First Lady builds art gallery to immortalise mum
Last Sunday witnessed the official opening of a modern Art Gallery built by wife of the Akwa Ibom State governor, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel and siblings in the main campus of University of Uyo to immortalise their late mother, Professor Mrs. Stella Bernard Idiong.
HEARWORD! Naija Women Talk True! sold out at Harvard’s ART
BY OSA AMADI The much ac-claimed stage production featuring a stellar cast of Nigeria’s leading actresses HEARWORD! Naija Women Talk True! opened on 26 January, 2018 to a diverse audience including Nigerians in diaspora. Since its debut in Nigeria four years ago, HEARWORD! has been telling stories of Nigerian women, playing to packed houses across […]
