By Osa Amadi Agent from Abuja is a sad re-enactment, in the United Kingdom, of the corrupt people, gangsters and fraudsters we Nigerians have become and come to be infamous for worldwide. The routine Nigerian politicians’ lifestyles of carting away public funds meant for provision of social infrastructures and of ferrying the monies out to […]

By Osa Amadi It is rare for nature to fashion in mortals, a combination of literary genius and combat bravery. We saw that in Christopher Okigbo – an outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet who died fighting for the independence of Biafra – and in Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. In this review of TheNEWS […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Not even the restriction on social life due to the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic will be able to disrupt this year’s birthday celebration of poet, dramatist, scholar, and the 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka. The literary icon is 86 today Monday, July 13, 2020, and plans are […]

By Seye Aluko World-rated Choral and Orchestral Conductor, Music Director, Organist, Vocal Coach, Deputy-Director of the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON) School of Music, and an Impresario, Sir Emeka Nwokedi, added more feathers to his cap when in 2019 alone he received 4 different awards conferred by notable organizations. These include the Association of Nigerian […]

By Prisca Sam-Duru Thursday, June 25, 2020, marked the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. To honour fallen heroes in that unfortunate conflict, commemoration activities including music performances, documentary film shows, etc., were held in different countries across the globe. According to history, the Korean War which claimed millions of lives began […]

By Osa Amadi The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the entire world, especially the arts, culture, and tourism sector, both for good and for bad. Man, right from the beginning of creation, had survived unfavorable conditions of the planet earth as a result of his ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Adaptation is exactly […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah Arts and culture journalist, Udemma Chukwuma makes a case for neglected children with her maiden novel, Left with Shadows, which mirrors the plight of millions of youngsters from broken homes, through the pathetic story of Nwakaego, whose dream of attaining a good education is thwarted after her migration to Lagos. Left with […]

By Osa Amadi The Eddy Eguavoen Foundation, organisers of Lagos: City of water, an architecture competition, has called for entries from recent graduates and students of architecture to design an innovative building, structure, master plan, or design solution for the future of Lagos on water. According to the foundation, contestants are encouraged to respond to […]

The oil and gas industry has been strengthened and elevated with simplified vocabulary to promote effective communication aimed at improved business transactions and processes. The bolstered language is contained in a new book, entitled, The Language of Oil & Gas, and it is specifically designed to assist industry players and non-experts with a clear understanding […]

By Chukwuma Ajakah Nigeria’s prolific writer, artist, and clinical psychologist, Obu Udeozo has added an inspiring novel, Living Dreams as a follow-up to his award-winning poetry collections and literary criticism publications. Known more for his foray in other genres, including painting, the 2006 Winner of The Pat Utomi Book Prize Award for Poetry in Nigeria, […]

Says some books have gone out of circulation after winning prizes By Prisca Sam-Duru Anambra State-born Ndidi Dorothy Chiazor-Enenmor is an award-winning author of many children’s books. Married with four children, Chiazor-Enenmor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Post Graduate Diploma in English from the University of […]

By Peter E. Omoko The urge to create a world devoid of human decadence has, in recent years, become a recurring motif of much of modern African literature. F.F. Ifowodo’s 204-page novel, Farewell to Eldorado published by F. Parker Publishing Co., Oleh, revolves around the crisis of refugees and the quest by world leaders to […]

Nigeria’s first Professor of Fine Art and the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Benin, Prof. Solomon Irein Wangboje would have been 90 years in August, but the wicked hands of death took him 22 years ago at 68. Until his demise, he was a bundle of kindness and humility. Yet, Prof Wangboje was a phenomenon […]

By Osa Amadi The United States of America has been in the throes of violence since May 25, 2020, when a handcuffed black African American, George Floyd, was strangled to death in the full glare of a video camera by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin. In the gruesome video widely circulated on social media, […]

By Osa Amadi Today, June 8, is significant in the political history of Nigeria. It is the death date of Nigeria’s worst military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. The times also coincide with an ongoing resurgence of protests and riots against racism in the USA. As we compute it in Nigeria, June 4 (the day Kudirat […]