IT was one of the toughest decisions of my life. But I managed to carry it through without batting an eyelid. There was just no alternative, no going back. “I am dropping out of the race”, I announced to the bewildered members of my campaign team, “I am leaving the PDP”.

This is a clear reflection of the scant respect many western institutions have for Africans and their institutions. What about the looted/stolen Ife objects that are found in Western Museums?

THE just concluded week long Life in My City festival, which held in the coal city of Enugu, no doubt recorded strong achievements in many ways and also reveals that there are still rooms for serious improvement. As a cultural festival, the project initiated three years ego by an Enugu based outdoor advertising company, ROCANA Nigeria Limited, with collaborative support of Alliance Francaise, Enugu and Nigerian chapter of Pan African Circle of Artists, PACA, has in the spirit of its founding father, chief executive officer of ROCANA, Robert Oji, largely succeeded in re-inventing the use of art and culture in re-mobilizing youths towards a positive social development.

In this modern age, it takes more than being able to paint with the brush or sculpture before one becomes a creative or renowned artist. For Andrew Ikechukwu Emueze being an artist is a dream come true. “I have always wanted to be an artist.

The Nigerian theatre is in a deplorable indeed lamentable State. The noble legacy from the relics of colonial education which includes the introduction of the proscenium theatre presentation is dying by the day and the government is not as much as batting an eyelid.