It was a day of double honour for the founder of Covenant Harvester Christian International Ministry, Dotun Ojelabi, as his latest offering to the world of literature, titled the Eagle personality, which lays bare the intricacies of the characteristics of an Eagle, focusing on how to win in life with positive attitude was presented to the public.

The recently held NAIJAZZ FESTIVAL 2013 fielded a fabulous feast of the best Nigerian Jazz and Jazz related musicians home and abroad who for two days serenaded many to various styles in the genre. There was jazz, highlife, agidigbo, afrobeat and lots more all mixed with a hint of original Nigerian flavor.

The stage was well decorated with a banner with the picture of Mandela and next to it was another banner with Nigeria flag and that of their South African counterpart with the portrait of Mandela with the inscription; Lagos: Tribute to Mandela at Freedom Park. On the other side were Nigerians from all walks of life who gathered at the former prison yard turned Freedom park to pay glowing tributes to the fiirst democratically elected black South African President whose legend as freedom fighter, democrat, philanthropist, humanitarian, nation builder, unifier, liberator, change agent and Nobel Peace Prize winner continues to reverberate around the world even in death, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.

Where ever art goes, people go and so was it penultimate week when art lovers, diplomats and others gathered at the Consulate General of Italv, Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos for a solo exhibition by Italian born Gigi Micheletti.

The amazing number of Magazines and books that make their way into the news stand and bookshops all over Nigeria on a daily basis, makes it difficult for one to come to terms with the wide believe that the readership culture of Nigerians is poor, for if people are not reading, more writers wouldn’t come on board.