Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Prisca Sam-Duru STOCKHOLM — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, was honoured “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The prize was announced […]
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 […]
New National Arts Theatre to be commissioned in November — Emefiele
The Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele said the targetted month for the commissioning of the new National Art Theatre would be November this year.
