It was a moment of joy and honour for the J. D. Okhai Ojeikeres and the Nigerian art community when Ojeikere received the 2011 Chobi Mela VI Lifetime Achievement Awards in a colourful ceremony held in far away Bangladesh. With this award, Pa J. D. Okhai Ojeikere becomes the first Nigerian to receive the prestigious award for his outstanding contributions to photography and the development of the society.

At last, the Commonwealth Foundation, organisers of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the internationally recognised platform for promoting ground-breaking works of literature from across the globe, last week announced the regional prize winners from the four regions of the Commonwealth with works by Nigerian writers conspicuously missing from the list.

It is a thing of joy today to note that the Nigerian writer remains vibrant in spite of the difficult times Nigerian publishers are going through. The number of titles being churned out annually remains a major tribute to the resilient spirit of the Nigerian creative spirit. Indeed,

The maiden Italian-Nigerian Contemporary art exhibition tagged, Cross Currents organised by Temple Productions of Nigeria and M Contemporary Art of Italy came to a close on Friday with display of the finest collection of works from a total of twenty prominent Nigerian and Italian artists.

This is a well researched document that states clearly the focus of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, in the next three years. It also put NGF in proper perspective- how it evolved, its vision, mission, objectives and the road map to achieving these. The document shows an organization not only planning for the future but ready to cope with present challenges