People who had fears of the fast dwindling culture of the Igbo person were reassured and consoled on Friday 7th, October at Umuafai, Ndume, two kilometers away from the city centre.

At last, the 2011 and 4th edition of International Artexpo Lagos kicked off in a grand style last week at the Lagos culture home, National Museum, Onikan, Lagos. The event which was officially declared open by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Edem Duke, apart from the usual ministry representatives recorded a very low attendance.

For the sole aim of reassuring despondent Nigerians that all hope at recovering the Nation from its present state of quagmire, is not lost, the 9th Macmillan Literary Night, held penultimate week at the Agip Recital Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos.

In what could be described as the return of the master, Tola Wewe a founding member of the Ona movement whose works have been acclaimed for their originality, simplicity, surface texture and mastery of colours announced his come back after being away for three years as a result of his appointment as a commissioner in Ondo State, with a solo exhibition titled, Footnotes- an exhibition of paintings and terracotta pieces.

Professor John Pepper Clark- Bekederemo is unarguably one of the most famous living poets who has made wonderful marks in different fields as an academic, writer, civil servant and journalist. But ironically, he is also one of the most underrated Nigerian literary giants.

It is common for young Nigerians to grace occasions where Hip Pop stars like Tu Face, D’ Banj, P Square and the likes are entertaining but not classical music where they may find it difficult expressing their contemporary dance steps. ..

Federal Government, last week said the rich cultural heritage of Nigeria, is strong enough to foster peace and unity among student populations, if properly harnessed.

It is five years now since Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast with a near-apocalyptic ferocity, inflicting sundry losses and countless bereavements. The catastrophe wrought by this storm changed many lives for ever…

The court yard of the Lagos Motor Boat Club, Awolowo Road Ikoyi was filled to the brim as friends, colleagues, kinsmen, students and what could be described as the who is who in the literary community joined Bookraft on Tuesday at a book party, to celebrate the life and career of Professor John Pepper Clark- Bekederemo.

AS part of moves to boost tourism development in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the Badagry Heritage and Coastal Tourism Agreement.

THE fiction that Okpe owned Sapele is now jettisoned. The writers demonstrate, without doubt ,that the present Sapele town is first settled in by Isekiri people, and that the Okpe came in later through Isekiri largesse. With incontrovertible evidence ,they date the arrival of the first Isekiri in Sapele to 700AD; Okpe, 1780. Isekiri visited Sapele for the following reasons:

The theme Horizon of Hope was chosen for the 2011 Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) with the intent that young Nigerian artists will give visual interpretations to the socio-cultural, economic and political situations of their immediate environment. This theme has a broad view and allowed artists to express themselves on almost any subject matter they may choose to engage.

If one takes out the treatise on FIDITI GRAMMAR SCHOOL, from the biographical book, the remainder becomes peculiar to Deacon Ojelabi and to him alone. But with FIDIGRAMS added to it, the horizon widens on the character and personality of Chief Ojelabi as a tutor and mentor.

Battery Dance Company, a New York based dynamic cultural institution with global sensibility penultimate week held an exhilarating dance show at the New CBAAC Hall, National Theatre, Lagos.

Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s fifth and latest novel published by Jalaa Writers’ Collective, Lagos, in 2011 holds a memorable title, Roses and Bullets, and a picturesque front cover. The stout 518-page narrative presented in four segments is based on Nigeria’s most nightmarish post-colonial experience.