Cultural elegance on display as NLNG crowns Ifowodo 2026 poet laureate with $`100,000
…Oke, Abiola share Creative Arts honour By Prisca Sam-Duru The atmosphere was electric. Guests arrived early in resplendent traditional attire at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, on Friday for the spectacular 2026 Grand Award Night organised by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). With colourful cultural performances and a hall filled with distinguished […]
Message to Nigerian youths
By Elizabeth Osayande Faced with myriads of challenges such as the identification of self, the influence of peer pressure, and the reinventions posed by technology among other things, the Nigerian youths are challenged to rise up and avail themselves of the right logical decision-making skills that will enable them to become masters rather than slaves […]
Agbonlahor’s book exposes how negative cultures retard progress
Martins Agbonlahor’s latest publication, “Another Poor Cow”, published by Amazon Fulfillment in 2020, shows the author’s maturity and grip of his subject matter. The 193-page publication’s central theme is the negative impact of the cultural practices of Nigerian people as seen through the eye of a particular rural community. Besides the central theme, Agbonlahor periscopes […]
A colourful day with the Gbong Gwom Jos
By Osa Amadi After we finished lunch with Otunba Runsewe at the Old Government House, he went into an inner room and emerged wearing a stunning attire. “Otunba, this is the costume of warriors!” I exclaimed. “Yes, you’re right,” he said, brushing past us with the long spear in his right hand as if he […]
Collectors’ Experience @ ART X Lagos 2020
By Osa Amadi The 2020 edition of ART X Lagos, West Africa’s Premier International Art Fair, began online at ARTXLAGOS.COM on Tuesday, December 2, and will run till December 9, 2020. According to the organizers, the virtual presentation will include 200 works from Africa and the Diaspora’s leading galleries, as well as innovative programming through […]
My greatest joy is being listed in Forbes 2020 — Eni
By Prisca Sam-Duru Emmanuel Eni, popularly called “Blackman in European Kitchen”, is a German-based Nigerian painter, sculptor, multimedia performance artist, poet and philosopher, who has just been listed in Forbes 2020. Having attended so many institutions including London’s Royal Academy of Art, the gifted artist describes his experience being in various universities reading art as, […]
