In its avowed bid to sustain The Wole Soyinka prize for Literature in Africa which started in 2006 as a way to encouraging people to read, think and write, Lumina Foundation

After over 48 years of service to the Nigeria Bar and to her father land, one of the best female accomplished lawyers and the first lady Attorney General of Lagos State, Hairat Aderinsola Balogun penultimate week at the prestigious Metropolitan Club, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island Lagos officially presented her law memoirs titled, To Serve in Truth and Justice to the public.

Professor Tess Onwueme is one of Africa’s foremost female playwrights and a Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity and English at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, USA.

What started like a big joke last year by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, when he announced a mouth watering $200,000,000 special entertainment fund for the Nollywood industry on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Silver Bird Group

It was another glorious moment for eminent personalities and members of the noble media profession last week, at the Agip Recital Hall of the Muson Center Onikan, Lagos, as Diamond Publications, the organisers of the annual DAME awards, rolled out drums in celebration of her 20 years in business as well as the presentation of three new books written by Mr Lanre Idowu, journalist and publisher of Media Review.

In the art of body decoration, colour depicts various things. It symbolizes situations, conditions and event. It can be used to convey a sense of awe or reverence. For example, red stands for fertility and marriage, yellow stands for sickness, white stands for purity or for magic, black and indigo dyes are generally used depending on the occasion.

As a way of appreciating the contributions of its patrons, collectors and sponsors for their unfailing patronage and funding of art exhibitions and events in the country, Art Gallery Owners Association of Nigeria (AGAN) is set to hold an award night tagged ArtExpo Awards.

As the nation’s women achieve recognition in political and public service, so they should endeavor to contribute to educating the nation through writing. Encouraging women in aggressive competitive sports will destroy family units, feminity, finesse, and the total essence of womanhood, and nation building.

Humbled by the possibility of becoming the first black American President, President Barak Obama of the United States of America said in an interview with Ebony Collector’s Edition Magazine of January, 2009 that, “…I’m humbled by the fact that I stand on the shoulders of all the people that made all these incredible contributions to lift this country up”.

Although this enthralling book is classified as “Teen Fiction”, Nwokeji explores the age-old problems of poverty and dreams now compounded by child labour and the new wave in crime, kidnapping, through Ike and his brother, Emeka. The book opens with the exposition of the fundamental truth that, as in most other things, there are various levels of poverty:

After successful hosting of the London leg of the the second edition of the inter cultural exchange tagged ,WS7728086 organised by Zmirage as part of the celebrations of the 77th birthday of the renowned playwright, author and Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka that culminated in the performance of Dance of Liberation at Theater Tabernacle in Nottingham, Nigeria’s leg and final stage of the event kicked off in Lagos week end with a lot of activities.

Ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGOM), which holds in Perth, Australia from 28th-30th October, 2011, the Managing Director of the Commonwealth Business Council, (CBC) Mr Steve Godfrey last week paid a courtesy visit to the Director General (DG) National Gallery of Art, (NGA), Dr Abdullahi Sabo Muku.

United Against climate change is an advocacy drama on climate change adaptation written for University of Nigeria’s inauguration of its climate change adaptation programme. As an advocacy drama on climate change adaptation, it represents a unique literary landscape on the plane of creative discourse.

Last week’s enactment of one of Nigeria’s famous literature, Things Fall Apart written by world acclaimed literary Giant, Professor Chinua Achebe, at the Agip Recital Hall of the Muson Centre, Onikan Lagos, by Pupils and Students of The Childville Schools Ogudu GRA Lagos, indeed highlighted the beauty of Stage Plays.

The long awaited moment for the celebration of 77th birthday of Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka last week, in faraway London kicked off with a well attended red carpet reception.