AT the command performance of “ Little Drops”, a play written by Professor Ahmed Yerima, last Sunday, in commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day, the Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari did not mince words when she declared that ‘she’s using the play as a campaign to bring once more, to national conscience, the anguish and travails of the women, children and people of the oil rich region.’

AFTER participating in many solo and group exhibitions in his country Cameroon and other countries in the world, Cameroonian born artist last week opened his first solo exhibition in Nigeria.

AFTER many months of waiting, the eventual winner of the 2015 and third edition Etisalat Prize for Literature will be unveiled at the glamorous award ceremony scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the prestigious Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island . It is going to be a three-way literary battle between The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by South Africa’s Penny Busetto,Tram 83 by Democratic Republic of Congo’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila and What Will People Say? by South African, Rehana Rossouw on who will win Africa’s most prestigious literature Prize.

Chairperson of Better Life for Rural Women (BLW) Hajiya Aisha Babangida and Chairperson, Access Bank PLC, Mrs Mosun Bello-Olusoga were among the team of eminent Nigerians that trained women at the Civic Centre, Lagos as part of activities held to celebrate the 2016 International Women’s Day.

There was no better time and better tool to celebrate African women that the screening of the blockbuster movie, titled Fifty which largely showcases femininity like never before.