Colours, culture on display as Victoria Island carnival lights up Lagos
By Prisca Sam-Duru & Onyeka Ezike Victoria Island Lagos’ daily activities, usually marked by deafening sounds from corporate engines, horrific traffic and noise from several commercial activities are being replaced by a different kind of vibe – entertainment. This is as Downtown Promotions lights up the streets of Victoria Island with its unveiling of the maiden […]
Historical analysis of Trade and Transport in the Lower Niger
Ever since the publication in 1956 of Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike’s Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta: 1830-1890, the Niger Delta region has been of great interest to Nigerian and foreign scholars. Most studies of the region have focused on the way in which its unique geography has combined with historical personages and significant events to throw up issues that are germane to a proper understanding of the region in particular and the Nigerian nation as a whole.
Don tasks FG on Artists Endowment Fund
Dr. Duniya Gambo of the Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has called for the establishment of Endowment Fund for Artists ‘to help lead the country attain technological advancement.
A new agenda for Bini
Chief Gabriel Osawuru Igbenedion, Solomon Iyobosa Edebiri and Professor P. E. Igbinovia were among prominent Bini sons that gathered recently at the Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin City, Edo State to take a critical look at the arts, culture and politics of the Bini ethnic nationality.
UK Embassy launches A Dangerous Journey to Unknown
The Hibiscus Foundation UK last week at Eko Hotel, Lagos,launched a unique animated film that presents the shocking and inhuman horrors endured by victims of trafficking titled A Dangerous Journey.
NOI: From economist to a writer
The recent launch of the book, Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Finance and Coordinating Minister once again puts the former World Bank Vice President back to the writers’ platform.
