Deborah gathers the expanse of the human experience of love, life, and mental health in her debut collection of poems.

Normally, an event of this magnitude – the 60th birthday of the Editor-in-Chief and General Manager of one of the leading national newspapers in Nigeria, a two-term President of Nigerian Guild of Editors, Provost of the foremost journalism training institution and more – ought to have been planned at least six months ahead of the event. But because it is a well-understood norm at Vanguard that the Editor-in-Chief, Gbenga Adefaye, like the publisher, does not celebrate birthdays, nobody was prepared for what was coming.

In the weeks and months ahead, this book, “Gbenga Adefaye: The media man @ 60” will engage the attention of arts editors across the Nigerian media space and other reviewers. This is merely an introduction to what is to come.   

The 3-day activity-packed Quramo Festival of Words, tagged Qfest 2021, came to a resounding close last Sunday, October 3rd, at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos.

From 13 to 15 October 2021, Nigerians and the international community revelled in the opulence of arts, crafts and culture offered at the International Arts & Crafts Expo, INAC, hosted annually in Abuja by the National Council for Arts & Culture.