“To know a person to a very high degree,you need to know what pleases them, so you can learn to do it, and what makes them sad, so you can avoid it.

The reading culture especially among young people also needs to be revitalised. A reading generation is a leading generation, but rather, we have seen academic performance among students consistently nose-diving all these years due to multifaceted distractions. Government’s incentives and aggressive initiatives can make a major difference.”

It dawns on her that she’s alone and would have to marry one of her husband’s brothers. Now, she misses their arguments, she wants him to stand up and shout at her; she wants him to threaten her like he used to, but she knows he can’t. An idea comes into her head on what she can do to avoid embarrassment from her in-laws on herself and her husband. She decides to drink poison as the play ends in tragedy.

Intellectual and creative property with right of protection has been on discourse over time. Original works of some people have also been in dire jeopardy, orchestrated by pirates who are reaping where they did not cultivate. This omen has remained a challenge as to ask how much of this infringements on owners’ rights are been tackled while the perpetrators blossoms.

When she came into this world 64 years ago from the village of Ogidi in Ijumu local government , Kogi State, with the environment she found herself, nobody taught that by now, the whole world will be celebrating her , but that is life, by sheer hard work and determination, the adire fabric design exponent, Chief Mrs Nike Okundaye who did not attend a formal education has grown to become an art icon who has affected the lives of many in a positive way, not only in Nigeria but also outside the shores of the country.

As a student of constitutional law, the invitation to review this seminal work is a testament by a master that his student has come of age and this testimonial is more of an endorsement for me that a platform for profound scholarly exposition. Professor Ben Nwabueze in my estimation is the greatest Constitutional law Scholar in human history. The depth and breadth of his seminal works in this area put him in a class of his own.

For years now, there has been consistent clamour for the empowerment of women and the girl child so as to be able to make meaningful contributions to the growth of their nations as well as the entire world. This agitation has seen individuals, organisations both profit and non governmental including religious organisations, making concerted efforts to empower women and the girl child through formal education, workshops, skill acquisitions, etc, so as to be useful to the society.

Barely eight months after Ekiti state born theory cum practical oriented artist, Akin Adejuwon took over as the artistic director of the National Troupe of Nigeria,events in and around the culture sector, has proved that, he has brought a new lease of life to the troupe. This can be seen with the way he has been piloting the affairs of the sector with open mind, thereby carrying the stakeholders along in his business. And this is yielding the desired results as he has been able to tour most of the states of Nigeria and paid homages to the founding fathers of Nigerian theatre.

The book launch hosted by Quramo Publishing, the publishers of the book, “In Her Own Right” at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, documenting the life and times of Abimbola Fashola, is a parting gift from Gbemi Shashore the author, who used the book to eulogize the sterling character of Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola, Lagos State First Lady.

Dont Die on Wednesday, a new book that captures some interesting issues confronting contemporary Africa is set to hit the shelves in a matter of weeks . The book written by Bayelsa state born author and story teller, Michael Afenfia,comes with a story that would resonate readers from all over the world. In the book, Afenfia who is author of When the Moon Caught Fire and A Street Called Lonely who confessed that it is passion that inspired his writing said he wanted to do a story about a subject that has held the whole world captive for the last fifty years or so – football.

“social and ethical transformation implies the creation of a new society and the creation of such a new society would entail changes of two types -a radical transformation of the material conditions of society and what has been called an “inner mutation i.e. a spiritual or mental transformation in the attitudes and behavioural patterns of the individuals member of society”.

Nigeria’s Lesley Nneka Arimah has been announced winner of the Africa region of the 2015 edition of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Lesley emerged winner alongside others namely; Asia, Siddhartha Gigoo with ‘The Umbrella Man’ from India and for the Caribbean, Kevin Jared Hosein of Trinidad and Tobago for ‘The King of Settlement 42. for Pacific and Canada & Europe have Mary Rokonadravu’s ‘Famished Eels’ (Fiji) and Jonathan Tel’s ‘The Human Phonograph’ (United Kingdom), respectively.

The just concluded photography exhibition by two young Nigerians on a study tour of Warsaw and Berlin which held at the Goethe institut, Lagos, was indeed, a stunning display of nothing less than an artistic expression of the contemporary atmosphere of the two cities. The photography event themed, “German-Polish Photo Exhibition, was put together by the German and Polish embassies in Nigeria, which actually invited the two photographers, Jide Odukoye and Olayinka Sangotoye to visit Berlin and Warsaw in 2013.

The delectable quintessential queen of screen and former ‘Most beautiful’ Nike Oshinowo, who once described how she cringes in front of camera is now transformed into a formidable maverick on screen, full of confidence and creativity that makes her talk show a delight. Late night show isn’t something that could have easily crept in to a typical Lagos television viewer’s mind judging the timing, but the style, flavor and content Nike introduced jolts and attracted the workaholic Lagosians to make it a must watch every Thursday night it airs on AIT station by 11.00pm.

As part of efforts at leaving a sustainable and enduring legacy of Governor Uduaghan, the Delta Board of Internal Revenue, DBIR, has come out with a new book titled Delta Beyond Oil. In the 253 pages book, the board ingeniously demonstrated and translated a major policy of the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan – DELTA BEYOND OIL, DBO.