IN a bid to showcase the great achievements, impact, and investment opportunities that abound in the Nigerian film industry on a global platform, government agencies, in collaboration with stakeholders in the motion picture industry, staged an...

MULTIPLE award wining actress, Sola Onayiga (Ireti of Fuji House of Commotion and Mrs. Etuk of Tinsel fame), was in Ikenne, Ogun State at Ikenne Town Hall, in company of Film Director Segun Obadare-Akpata and Olu Okekanye, representing Association...

FROM a workshop on How to write, publish and sell your books held at Ikenne Town Hall, Ikenne, Ogun State by the International Restoration Crusade, an arm of the Ransomed Christian Centre to mark the World Book Day, as part of its yearly crusade...

Wole Soyinka’s The Trials of Brother Jero comes to Eagles’ Park

EAGLES’ Theatre, in conjunction with Black Image, will present Wole Soyinka’s The Trials Of Brother Jero on May 26 at the Eagles Park Hotel, Ikeja. Time is 3pm. Another show...

TODAY, at the Plenary Hall of the AUC Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, rock arts will be the menu, as a colloquium and art show open to celebrate African Union’s (AU) 50th anniversary. The colloquium/exhibition will run simultaneously...

SCHOLARS, academic and intellectuals, who are contributing to the Festcshrift: A Celebration Of J. F. Ade Ajayi, will converge on the Ojobadan Avenue, Ibadan residence of Professor Ade Ajayi on May 24, by 11am, for final deliberations of the...

 

QUINTESSENCE, our cultural icon, which sits just off the famous Falomo roundabout in Ikoyi, is moving to a new home today. After 38 years, the large Q hanging over dusty Awolowo Road, will no longer beckon culture-seekers to escape the traffic...

(The Kole Omotoso @ 70 Lecture delivered at The Cultural Centre, Akure, Ondo State, April 20, 2013)

 

IN the immediate aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) a radical tradition of literature, literary criticism, and creative arts...

STARTING  from Sunday, May 19, the build up to the COSON Song Award Week will reach fever-pitch excitement when activities of the award ceremony will kick off in a week-long festivity that promises to keep Nigerian artistes busy. These...