Professor Steve Okecha, Special Adviser on Technical Education to the Minister of Education recently launched a book titled ‘’Now l Know My People’: A Commentary on the Ndokwa Nation. Prof Okecha, former lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University and an astute university administrator brought his vast experience as a widely travelled scholar of international repute to bear at the double honours on the day he also laid bare “away with the Oligarchs – a hard knock on oppressors of the people in whatever guise.

In Lagos, this year’s World Music Day has come and gone, courtesy of the National Troupe of Nigeria. But having come and gone, the memory lingers on. The lingering memory is not as a result of fulfillment of expectations going by the demands of the event which would have involved an almost all day fun filled musical concert.

The Agip Hall of the Muson centre shook to its foundation recently with the spectacular performance of IPI NTOMBI, South Africa’s popular dance drama by students of Greenwood House, Ikoyi. Though stated for 5.30pm, parents, arts and culture enthusiasts filled the hall before the scheduled time.

Set to make its official debut with an exposé of a series of products dubbed Ivie, is a creative arts company, Lizaad. According to Chuma Anagbado, illustrator and founder, Lizaad is a creative arts company set up to seek and provide functional applications for a new art form, which he calls Spontinism.

The importance of poetry as a vehicle for proper historical documentation was brought to the fore last week during the commemoration of America Independence Day, held at the consulate’s office in Lagos.