For almost five decades of coming to life, one of Nigeria’s oldest arts and culture outlets- Quintessence, is looking as exquisite as ever; if not more sophisticated now, even after the passing away of its founder, Chief Mrs Aino Ternstedt Oni-Okpaku, in December 2019

Lovers of good stage plays will not have to wait any longer for the much-anticipated play – ‘Babakekere’, as influential theatre production firm, Duke of Shomolu Productions has concluded plans to produce the play next March.

By Osa Amadi Affen Segun, professionally known as Ojay Artworks, grew up in Lagos Island. He attended St David Anglican Primary School, near Tafawa Belewa Square. His parents discovered his talents in art during his childhood and therefore took him to a roadside artist, Mr Tajudeen, as an apprentice. While on the apprenticeship, he started […]

By Chris Onuoha An entertainment platform, ‘Fuji: A Opera’ hosted an exhibition of Fuji-themed digital artworks by Bidemi Tata in Lagos. The event, in partnership with Orijin branded liquor drinks, is to celebrate the re-invention of the fuji music genre. The exhibition, titled ORIJINALFUJIISART took place in two folds: a gallery exhibition of digital artworks produced […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Lovers of good stage plays will not have to wait any longer for the much-anticipated play – Babakekere – as influential theatre production firm, Duke of Shomolu Productions has concluded plans to produce the play next March. Riding on the back of the highly successful and well-received double-decker production of Awo and […]

THE city of Benin, Edo State capital, is wearing new look with colourful posters adorning major areas such as Airport Road and Ring Road ahead of today’s ceremony where the Oba of Benin, Euware II, would receive two artworks looted from the palace by British forces in 1897 and recently released to the Nigerian government.

Jeugmark, an online marketplace for vendors and buyers of handicrafts and artworks has launched in Nigeria. The marketplace is already flooded with creative products from various sellers across the country. Artworks listed span different art media including Bamboo Collage, Oil Canvas Painting, among others. Displayed for sale handicrafts by sellers include tie & dye (Adire), […]

Since inception in 2013, the multi disciplinary feast, Ake Arts and Books festival, AABF, founded by Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin in Abeokuta, has remained an important platform where African Creatives and, art and culture aficionados across the globe look forward to converging, towards the end of the year.

With his forthcoming debut solo art exhibition, Oluwadarimisire Adejuwon Adewale joins the league of world youngest artists at age two.

African Mentality (An Anthology) is a newly published collection of short, interesting, moral-teaching stories by Victor Omotayo, a Nigerian poet, historian and educator.

In 1983 Chinua Achebe, a late Nigerian writer and critic, was a lone voice as he mourned the death and dearth of strategic leadership in his country.

Unlike many other prominent Nigerians, Otunba Mike Adenuga is not a party person. He is not a billionaire you would spot at many social gatherings. This is to the extent that if he attends your event, you almost deserve to hold a special thanksgiving for the feat.

. By Prisca Sam-Duru The urgent need to rescue street children and youth from total degeneration birthed the new movie titled, ‘The Oratory’, which premiered both in Lagos and Abuja to public delight. ‘The Oratory’, an initiative of The Nollywood Factory in collaboration with Salesians of Don Bosco, is a movie that seeks to raise […]

Each image captures more than a scene; it captures an emotion. In one of the most striking visuals, the boy reaches for the mirror not to adjust his appearance, but to grasp something deeper

General of Nigeria in New York has taken custody of three Benin and Ife artefacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York.