“We have an obligation to admire the talents in the youths and to celebrate them so as to give them a sense of belonging in the society”, were the words of the assistant parish priest of the St Denis Catholic Church Akoka, Bariga, Rev. Father Bernard during the 4th edition of the Little Miss St Denis beauty Pageant.

African music percolated with excited chatter as a crowd waited to hear Professor of Africana Studies Chinua Achebe kick off the Department of Africana Studies 2011-12 Conversations in Africana Writing Series Monday. Achebe and other authors were featured in a panel titled “Voice and Memory in the Poetic Imagination” at the George Houston Bass Performing Arts Space, which was filled to capacity with academics, students, writers and community members.

After his last solo exhibition titled Nigeria and Beyond which featured a historic political documentation of the heroes of Nigeria and other countries in the world in 2009, painter and the palette knife master , Oyerinde Olotu, who is one of those that believes that people’s future is usually guarded by its past is back with another solo exhibition tagged Cities, People and Countryside – Travels with an Artists Eye .

NOK culture is a culture which provides evidence of the earliest ancient civilization of Nigeria. Nok culture is named after the city, Nok in the present Kaduna State where the first finds or objects or cultural artifacts were excavated by archaeologists in 1929.

Barely two months after the induction of Barrister Fred Agbeyegbe as the first grand Living Legend of the Nigerian theatre by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP), another Nigerian theatre icon and filmmaker , Moses Olaoluwa Olusanya Adejumo popularly known as Baba Sala was last week, honoured with the title of Grand Living Legend of Nigerian Theatre.

Two of Africa’s most accomplished and prominent writers, Chinua Achebe and Gabriel Okara, will share the stage for the very first time, joined by the award-winning poet Brenda Marie Osbey in a conversation about Voice and Memory in the Poetic Imagination.

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke has presented a new tourism and culture transformation agenda to the heads of parastatal under the ministry, just as he admonishes them to eschew rancour and work in synergy to move the sector forward

The dreams and aspirations of many theatre lovers, actors/actress, producers and others will soon matrialise as NANTAP has concluded all necessary arrangements to reactivate one of the county’s annual theatre ritual called Festival of Nigerian Plays (FESTINA).

To many Nigerians, leaving the country to foreign land is the solution to the myriads of problems debilitating the country. But unknown to many it has been a harrowing tales of anguish. This is what Emeka Mark Edeson, a German based Nigerian of Igbo extraction captures in his new novel titled Echo of Silent Wishes.

Barely two months after the induction of Barrister Fred Agbeyegbe as the first grand Living Legend of the Nigerian theatre by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP), another Nigerian theatre icon and filmmaker , Moses Olaoluwa Olusanya Adejumo popularly known as Baba Sala was last Friday honoured with the title of Grand Living Legend of Nigerian Theatre.

Written by Chikezie Obayi, A vow in a thunderstorm is dedicated to the late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) who spent most of his life fighting corrupt military leaders in Nigeria.

The iREPRESENT Documentary Film Forum, organisers of the iREP International Documentary Film Festival, has been appointed as the flagship of the newly formed Documentary Network Africa (DNA), which is aimed at uniting all African documentary filmmakers on the continent.

It is going to be another great opportunty for art lovers, critics, collectors and students of arts as the Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the Delta State University, Abraka storms the Lagos art circle with a retrospective exhibition tagged Visual Symphony: An Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures, Ceramics, Textiles and Graphic Designs of the Lecturers and Ph.D Studio students of the Delta State University, Abraka.

Memories of the late Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)and Patron of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Tayo Aderinokun who transited to another life last June, were brought back last Saturday at the Aina Onabolu Hall of the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

A vow in a thunderstorm is dedicated to the late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) who spent most of his life fighting corrupt military leaders in Nigeria. The author of the 222 pages novel seems to have obtained his inspiration from the life of Fawehinmi. The main character of his story walks the same path as the late activist.