Tolu Aliki, an up coming artist is a graduate of Mass Communication whose love for art and innate desire to express himself turned him into a full time studio artist.

The second edition of the Children Creative Station which was put in place by the National Troupe of Nigeria in 2010 to serve as a summer break orientation exercise for young ones from holiday-making homes in Lagos which kicked off on September 1 at the National theatre, Iganmu, Lagos ended last week with a command performance of a play Whispering in the Dark written by Noel Greig and directed by Josephine Igbarese .

As part of moves to immortalise one of the liveliest and most committed art promoters that worked in Nigeria in the 21st century, late Peter Dubem Areh for his great contributions to the development of art, the Art Republic in consultation with the Areh family of Onitsha has concluded plans to hold remember him with a lecture tagged 1st Peter Areh lecture on Art and Cultural Enterprise.

It is no longer news that the Nigerian reading habit is generally low and this has been confirmed by several experts and as part of efforts to stem the tide, the federal government launched the Bring Back the Book, BBB project on December 20, 2010.

The dearth of books is a major contributor to the decline in education in the country. The rare sight of books has even created strangeness between books and people.