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Masterpieces of Nigerian Art... commissioned project Information Ministry ignored
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By Anote Ajeluorou SOME four years ago, Nigeria and Africa's eminent archeologist, foremost art theorist and curator, Prof. Ekpo Eyo was commissioned by the Information Ministry then under Chief Chukwuemeka Chikelu to write a seminal work on Nigerian antiquities. Why audience deserves better programming on the airwaves -301009 By Benson Idonije FOR quite sometime, I have been paying more attention to television than radio, which is my first love - much against my wish. Not that television is a better way to go on the airwaves, but because, with the advantage of vision, it manages to engage the entire attention span; it keeps you busy, with sweet nothing, just looking and laughing. Soni Irabor flags off Achievers and Dreamers in pilot edition -301009 THE pilot copy of Achievers and Dreamers, a new TV educational programme featuring the best brains in public schools has just been recorded at Ruyi Communications with Ace broadcaster and media personality, Soni Irabor on the hot seat. Agu breathes fresh air to highlife -301009 By Florence Utor ANY discussion on West African music, surely, will have highlife as standard-bearer considering that it was one genre of music that gave the region global recognition. Black mayors and 'boiling stones' in a season of hunger -301009 By Lasisi Olagunju EVERY taxi driver who picked you asked what brought you to Las Vegas, a beautiful city described as the enjoyment capital of the United States. When you tell him that you were in the city for a conference on the invitation of the National Conference of Black Mayors, he looks at you as some bookish person clearly not fit for the things the city is renowned for. More entertainment as D'banj visits M-net's Big Brother House -301009 WHEN it was revealed that the Big Brother Revolution was going to take place without the shower hour, a lot of people were skeptical about what the show would be like, and some without mincing words, waved it off as a boring show to come. But M=net has lived up to its promise of the revolution being more entertaining and full of intrigues. Book for launch -301009 GARBA Ahmed Idris' play I will Marry Whom I Love is scheduled for launch on Saturday, October 31, 2009 at the Calabar Community Hall on 25 Ajao Road, Off Ogunlana Drive, Surulere, Lagos. Time is 11am prompt. It's a story of childhood betrothal gone wrong when true love finally comes to those for whom love was initially sacrificed for family name, honour, and values out of tune with modern reality. |
The fabulous adventures of a Sugarcane Man
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By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu LIVE theatre can transport one from this world to the underworld and the hereafter. Life on stage can be magical in a manner that can be quite overwhelming. Pita sets music stage aglow with Imela -301009 By Tony Nwanne A REVOLUTION is presently taking place in the gospel music industry with the debut of IMELA by a young and dynamic singer, Peter Linus, who simply prefers to be called PITA. Seun Kuti... live at African Shrine -301009 SEUN Anikulapo-Kuti and Fela's Egypt 80 Band will be performing at the New Africa Shrine on Saturday October 31st from 10 p.m. Nollywood stars commend Amstel on AMBO contestants -301009 NKIRU Sylvanus and Offia Mbaka, two Nollywood stars have commended Amstel Malta for the high quality of contestants vying for positions in this year's edition of Amstel Malta Box Office AMBO reality television show. Both Stars who were judges at the Enugu Zone of the ongoing audition of the popular Nollywood focused reality television show said they were impressed by the quality of wannabe stars shortlisted for the audition currently taking place around the country. Lagos National Museum: How not to re-brand Nigeria -301009 By Akin Onipede THE newly rejuvenated October Rain annual exhibition of the Lagos Chapter of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) opened on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos. Consequent upon the wide publicity given the exhibition and the fact that the SNA is the umbrella body of all Nigerian artists, the exhibition has continued to attract quality visitors who among other reasons have come to have a feel of some of the best of Nigerian artists spanning areas such as drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, textile, photography, mixed media etc. NPAN, others hold seminar on self-regulation -301009 THE Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) in association with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, the Nigeria Union of Journalists and other stakeholders in the media, will hold a seminar with the topic, Making self-regulation work, on Tuesday, November 17, at the Imperial Hall, Ikeja Business District at 10am. |
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