To many, the Niger Delta is known for violence and militancy, hence the popular adage; can anything good come out of that area, but that notion was erased last week when many literary giants, captains of industry, friends and family members of the author gathered in Lagos for the celebration of a creative enterprise and womanhood. The event was the presentation of a new book titled From an Orphan to a Queen written by Bayelsa State born PR and Communications Specialists, Mrs Titi Horsfall.

The old British Prison located along Broad Street Lagos which has since metamorphosed into a cultural recreation centre known as Freedom Park, wore a fresh and more tourism like look last week, when nothing less than 18 life-size sculptural works were commissioned by Omooba Yemisi Shyllon.

To many, the Niger Delta is known for violence and militancy, hence the popular adage can anything good come out of them, but that notion was erased last week when many literary giants, captains of industry, friends and family members of the author gathered in Lagos for the celebration of a creative enterprise and womanhood . The event was the presentation of a new book titled From an Orphan to a Queen written by Bayelsa State born PR and Communications Specialists, Mrs Titi Horsfall.

From the Niger Delta,Abeokuta and from all over Nigeria as well as different parts of the world, art enthusiasts, collectors, students, art lecturers, scholars and artists congregated at the prestigious Grillo Pavilion, Ikorodu, Lagos, for the 5th Annual Visual Art Fiesta which held at the weekend.

Novelist, playwright, and biographer of Nigeria, Bankole Omotoso, will be 70 years old on April 21, 2013. His arrival at this significant landmark raises the flag for the generation of writers that emerged after the Achebe-Soyinka-J. P. Clark generation.