FOR one week, apart from the normal visitors that visit the Nike Art Gallery, Lekki, Lagos, the gallery will welcome more visitors as art lovers, patrons, collectors and other enthusiasts will converge at the place for another independence exhibition by one of Nigeria’s most exhibited artist, Oyirinde Olotu.

Chief Frank Okonta, the chairman of Art gallery owners Association of Nigeria (AGAN) needs little introduction. He is the founder of Nkem art gallery in Lagos, used to be a sports administrator in his days in the civil service before he retired. A member of the vision 2010 where he represented the art industry very well.

Yam is one of the staple food in Nigeria, though it is consumed by some at all times but to some it has a procedure which must be followed especially new ones before it is eaten. The celebration of the arrival of new yam is followed by a festival known as new yam festival.

THE battle to revive the dying readership culture of Nigerians with emphasis on inculcating the attitude of reading in people beginning from an early stage was rekindled at the weekend, with the presentation of a story book for children titled ‘Ranga’.

Gabriel Folajimi Akinadewo is the Editor of the Nigerian Compass. With experience spanning the defunct National Concord, The Comet, The Nation and now the Nigerian Compass, he is set to launch his book entitled, ‘Here Comes the Commander-in-Chief’, a collection of his witty columns, on October 2 in Lagos. An alumnus of the University of Lagos who is widely travelled, Akinadewo speaks on how leaders should cultivate the habit of reading to change the society.