It is no longer news that Benin City is one of the richest in cultural heritage all over the world. Most of these cultures were preserved till date of which the National Museum plays a very prominent role.

Pianist Babatunde Sosan made an indelible impression at his piano recital “Romantic Classics” held last weekend at the Muson Centre. In an attempt to relive the memories of his mentor and instructor Raymond Banning who passed away last year, Sosan displayed an impeccable artistry with the white and black keys of the piano. Playing pieces from Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and other celebrated romantic composers, Sosan proved his keyboard prowess to his audience.

Mr Sunday Ehindero is former inspector general of police. A lawyer by profession, he has been in private legal practice since his retirement in 2007. An author of several law books, Ehindero holds the record of being the police lawyer to appear before the high court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

The Agip recital Hall of the Muson centre Lagos, weekend was full to the brim with an enthusiastic crowd who defied the heavy downpour to feel the thrill of stage action as young actors and actresses from the Atlantic Hall Drama Club, performed Agho Obaseki, a play written by Don Pedro Obaseki. The play was produced by the Atlantic Hall Drama Club, and directed by veteran stage director, Gboyega Gbiletan Jerome.

The news of your transition came suddenly, Like a bolt out of the blue, turning my morning to misery, Bringing shock, disbelief, pain and grief, So unexpected was it that I was stunned for days. There I was far away in the calm city of Charleston, USA, Swimming in a river of pain, bewildered. Death […]

By Starrys Obazei Nigerian born and American based Lanre Buraimoh is a bead painter. Being a  rare and technical genre in visual arts, the Yoruba born artist has  successfully explioted the beauty and challenges inherent in this art form. In the course of his work, he has had a  brilliant time out on canvass with […]

The suffering that war elicits has engaged the minds of novelists all over the world. The female aspect of war somehow depicts in its starkness the cruelty that bloody fighting engenders. AdaOkere Agbasimalo in The Forest Dames brings to bear on the devastation of war a motherly compassion in a manner that puts deep wounds in the soul.

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate 2013 World Culture Day, the Federal Government has emphasized that it was only creative economy that could guarantees gender sensitivity and women and youth empowerment.

One denominator that binds the creative works of writers from the Niger Delta is the commitment of their arts to the quest for self determination bothering on economic, political and environmental freedoms.

One denominator that binds the creative works of writers from the Niger  Delta  is the commitment of their arts to the  quest for self determination bothering on economic, political and environmental freedoms. This quest has consistently been the concern of  successive generations of Niger Delta fighters for emancipation from the time of Jaja of Opobo, […]