Andrew Dosunmu’s Restless City was named Best Long Feature Film at the inaugural Colours of the Nile Film Festival, which ran in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012. The Nigerian film also won Best Cinematography.

The Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hotel was on Tuesday 30th October besieged by the creme-de la-creme of the Nigerian and African society. It was a case of a rare feat that can only be achieved by a rare gem.

Ekanpou Enewaridideke is a vociferous writer and a committed apostle of the Niger Delta struggle for self determination. As a writer, he has directed his huge creative talent to the exploration of the various strands of alleged injustices meted against his poorly developed but oil rich region.

The three day international conference on the theme, Africa and the Diaspora in the New Millennium held at the University of Missouri, St Louis, United States of America by the Centre for Black African Art and Civilisation ( CBAAC) in conjunction with E Desmond Lee Endowed Professorship of African/ African-American Studies and International Studies Program at the University of Missouri- St. Louis and Pan African Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG) Nigeria has come and gone. But the memory will linger for a long time.

The people of ancient city of Ile-Ife are mostly traditionalists who still uphold the religious practice of their forebears. They worship a lot of deities and as a result they celebrate a great many traditional festivals to propitiate or pacify or appease the deities.