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 […]
My Kind of Music: a night of reminiscence at MUSON Center
Right from the foyer of Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Center, Onikan, where day 2 of the 21st MUSON Festival personality programme, My Kind Of Music, was hosted, the ambience radiated royalty, pomp, and sheer splendor.
Olaudah Equiano: The guts of a slave who became a writer
The story of Olaudah Equiano, the Igbo slave, who played key role in the abolition of slave trade after becoming free 270 years ago, has been trending on Google search since last week. Google’s Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade said Google celebrated Equiano’s achievement with a Google Doodle, which made Nigerian users to race to Google to read more about the history behind the Doodle.
Go on, Nigerians!
It featured Orji Uzor Kalu, publicising a nebulous political ambition, and showing his latest political party as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Abia State is yet to recover from the eight years of legendary misgovernance it suffered under Kalu from 1999 to 2007, which were followed by another eight years of the same under his former lackey, Theodore Orji.
BeepMAGNET unveils entrepreneurial platform for youths’ empowerment
BeepMAGNET International Group has introduced two of its e-compliant entrepreneurship and empowerment innovation platform called the GoldClub 3.0 and the BMCoin.
Nigerian Kehinde Wiley to paint Obama’s portrait
Former U. S. president Barack Obama, has picked Nigeria’s Kehinde Wiley, to paint his official presidential portrait.
