Duke of Shomolu, Ekiti govt host inaugural theatre festival

Super alluring master pieces by one of Nigeria’s finest artists, George Edozie, are currently adorning the walls of the Wheatbaker hotel, Ikoyi Lagos.

Jubal Dati is a musician, music producer and video director who grew up in the streets of Ilorin to become a preserver of the Fuji culture and exponent of what he calls Urban Fuji. In this interview he shares the inspiring story of his music career

In the midst of 25 instrumentalists playing in an orchestra, one has to be quite outstanding to be picked out by a classical music reviewer watching the performance. Peter Afolarin Oluwadare, 1st violinist of the Musical Society of Nigeria Orchestra, was that outstanding player at the Passiontide Concert of The Musical Society of Nigeria, MUSON, which held on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at the Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos. The Orchestra & Choir were conducted by Sir Emeka Nwokedi.

A former Managing Director of Daily Times, Yemi Ogunbiyi, has lamented the dying culture of reading in Nigeria, blaming the ugly trend on the alarming rate at which young people are dropping out of school in the country.

Highlife music, for which the late Godwin Kabaka Opara is known, was first brought to Nigeria in 1950 by a Ghanian musician called Emmanuel Tettey Mensah – ET Mensah for short. 

The Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, The Nigeria Prize for Literary Criticism and The Nigeria Prize for Science, sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, have published the Call for Entries for the 2024 edition of the prizes, flagging off this year’s competitions.

Usually, prior to the commencement of the prestigious LagosPhoto Festival organised by the African Artists’ Foundation, AAF, in October each year, a press conference is held to herald the fiesta.

Inspired by the history and noble objectives of the World Book Day which first held in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1997, the leadership of Career Builders Academy, CBA, inaugurated their own model of a day meant for the celebration of books and reading which included inter-class reading competition. 

Oummee is a Nigerian singer and songwriter with real name, Oumie Bosei.