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Rape of Justice movie: Factors fuelling the scourge

By Prisca Sam-Duru The rising cases of rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence especially against women and girls, have remained a major issue of great concern in the society. It’s been discovered that the spike in the number of heart-wrenching cases recorded on a daily basis has been due to silence fuelled by stigmatisation of victims […]

Chinweze’s new book boosting children’s literature

By Chukwuma Ajakah With the emergence of his new book, “Strange Friends”, Children’s book author, Prince Chinweze Isaac, rekindles hope for a possible paradigm shift from a poor reading culture to a vibrant one for present day generation of students.    It is indeed a new dawn for children literature as the advent of Strange Friends […]

Omofemi: Showcasing A Woman’s Worth in Spain

By Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor  The exceptional talents of Oluwole Omofemi, the Ibadan-brought up visual artists whose signature is painting African women with afro hairstyle, has taken him to faraway Barcelona, Spain, where Sorella Acosta’s Out of Africa Contemporary Arts Gallery is showing his works titled ‘A Woman’s Worth’. In an industry in which figurative […]

A review of Aoiri Obaigbo’s The Virgin Widow

By Oluwatoyin Adepoju Aoiri Obaigbo’s The Virgin Widow boldly synthesizes the realist, the magical, the spiritual and the historical through the story of a man who chases an attractive woman only to find himself lured into a mystery which has been gathering momentum for centuries. The beauty of family life is subtly interwoven with the […]

Communal conflict in historical perspective

In a bid to put accounts of the persistent communal conflicts between two warring Delta communities in proper perspective, independent researcher and historian, M. Keme presents authenticated reports in his book titled “Civil Diary of Aladja & Ogbe-Ijoh Boundary Dispute”.

Dapo Akintunde: Designing cars that work for Africa

In a unique art exhibition of car and concept designs titled “Autovista: African Vehicle Visions” which started yesterday, March 27, and runs till April 10, 2022, at The Art Pantheon, 12D, Bosun Adekoya Street, Oniru, Lagos, Designer and Architect, Adedapo Paul Akintunde, offers drawings and designs to chart a broader vision for the automotive and creative industries in Nigeria.

“I will always love you, mummy Mercy Okorie”

It was a moment of exultation with a tinge of sadness last Saturday when students, teachers, parents, the Assemblies of God Church, friends, families and well-wishers bid goodbye to the principal of Evangel College Okokomaiko, Lagos who had been with them for 25 years.

Win Arc inspires future artsits

By Japhet Davidson As part of his mission to take arts to the grassroots, the director of Win Arc Gallery, Archie Abia, relocated from the ever busy Ikeja to Peace Estate Baruwa,Ipaja and ever since then he has been doing everything possible to change the perception of the people about arts. Last week, the students […]

In the ‘Spirit of Poetry’ Contest, we rekindle students literary appetite, says Jolaosho

By Chris Onuoha It was an electrifying display of energy, intelligence, artistic dexterity by the young students from Laurel International School, Otta in Ogun State as they performed a play called “Caged Bird”, a poetry adaptation from a book authored by Maya Angelou titled, ‘When a caged bird sings.’ After that, came another performance of […]

Spellbinding tales of problem-solving

Family life contributes immensely to an individual’s happiness, only in a happy home life can be complete and contentment can be found, “Dorotea S. Koppliln”.

Owo Anietie: From traditional painting to digital art

NIGERIA-BORN 3D afrofuturism artist, Owo Anietie explores a future universe where humanity plays itself out of the universe and inevitably enthrones robotic entities known as AfroDroids as overlords.

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