The Arts

Eze, Ifowodo, Oburumu make final 3 for $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

By Prisca Sam-DuruThe Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the final shortlist for 2026. Poets James Ngwu Eze, Ogaga Ifowodo and Tares Oburumu are now in the running for the `$100,000 award. The authors made it through from a longlist of 11, which itself came from 223 entries submitted early this […]
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Reflections on Africa

By Frank Okojie For someone who is more at home running figures rather penning words, authoring a collection of poems is a no mean feat. Trained as an accountant and working as an auditor, OgunliGlory Oritseweyinmi in her collection of poems, Echoes of Africa showcases her diverse temperament for her continent as well as questions the position of […]

Repositioning art @ Gemini

By Chukwuma Ajakah After a brief sojourn in Europe where he had gone for the proverbial greener pastures in 2016, arts promoter and collector, Raphael Akinnire returned to Nigeria with a heart set on doing something special in his fatherland, but tried unsuccessfully in diverse vocations, including furniture-making until he again left for the United […]

Book preparing Nigerians for 2023 election

By Prisca Sam-Duru It was for the love and survival of Nigeria that Citizens Intervention and Accountability Network, CIAN, released its empowerment resource materials to get Nigerians prepared ahead of the 2023 general elections. One of the resource materials is a National Civic Project, titled: Nigeria’s Next President, a book recently presented to the general […]

Poetic exploration of traditional heritage

By Chukwuma Ajakah From the title of her collection of poems, Colour Me with Words of My Ancestors, through the enchanting lines of each poem, Nigerian-born writer, Oluwatosin Omotoso evokes the therapeutic effects of a well written poetry.  Colour Me with Words of My Ancestors is set against the backdrop of Africa’s rich traditional heritage […]

BALANCE: Osisiego’s solo art exhibition as panacea     

Wood medium genius and creative philosopher, Chukwuemeka Michaels Osisiego, is on show with a solo art exhibition titled “Balance” at Alexis Galleries, Akin Olugbade Street, off Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos, from Saturday, May 14, 2022.      

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