Do we desire a new Nigeria? Should we seek a new Nigeria? How can we achieve a new Nigeria? Is one of the paths to a new Nigeria through a resolution of the Niger Delta crisis? What are the root causes of the Niger Delta crisis?

Uche Nwosu is not new to the art circle, he studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (South-Eastern Nigeria) specialising in Painting. And ever since his graduation, Uche who works at the National Gallery of Art as a Chief Research Officer has been a prominent player and has participated in local and international exhibitions until he was attacked by a strange illness, which nearly shattered his career.

In a couple of months, literary icon, Chinua Achebe, will release his latest book, whose title is still being kept under wraps. Oseloka Obaze writes on how the book surveys the trajectory of a noble and richly lived life, with its inevitable ups and downs, from the writer’s birth to his fame and present disability and involuntary sojourn in the United States.

The grand finale of Triple Fun Club 2011 Literary, Oratory, and Leadership Week came to a close recently at the Atlantic Hall, Hotel Presidential in River State

Last week was the 70th birthday of veteran and award-winning photographer, jazz percussionist, one-time trend-setting barber and publisher, Sunmi Smart-Cole . And as a way of celebrating that great moment that took place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in 1941, SS Cole as he was fondly called who is of Nigerian-Sierra Leonean parentage put together a befitting birthday bash.