Arts & Entertainment

Sons of a Priest is a book big in size, profound in content, diverse in its views and as complex as its subject– Very Rev. Fr. Nicholas Chukwuemeka Tagbo OON (1929-2016). Reading through the insightful foreword by Willie Obiano, the notes of the editor, the detailed introduction provided by Oseloka …

Konga Travels and Tour, a 21st century lifestyle travel booking agency, has received yet another recognition for its revolutionary offerings and landmark strides in the industry. The company has been named the Most Innovative Agency by global airline, Virgin Atlantic at its Trade Awards Dinner held in Lagos. The event …

Abuja, Dec. 4, 2019 The Oraifite community in Anambra has proscribed all forms of night masquerades and cult groups following violence that erupted in the town on Dec. 2 leading to the killing of two policemen. In a statement issued by the Oraifite Improvement Union (OIU), the community condemned the …

Awka, the Anambra State capital city, takes an esteemed pride of place in Igbo arts and culture. Blacksmithing in Awka, for instance, is the stuff of legend. It is in this light that Zimife Foundation in collaboration with the Awka Museum Project is in top gear to present the explosive …

  OKEZUE OGBUU ALAA📌  RE: 2019 AHIAJOKU LECTURE SERIES!   It is good and commendable that the 2019 Ahiajoku Lecture was recently held in Owerri.  The intellectual and non-intellectual benefits of Ahiajoku lectures are legendary and innumerable no doubt.  However, some fallouts from the 2019 Ahiajoku Lecture suggest that the solemn …

dispossessed by James Eze; Fasihi (Daraja Press); 2019; 121 pp Ever since I got a signed copy of James Eze’s debut collection of poetry, dispossessed, I’ve been possessed! Poetry can be overwhelming at the best of times such that it becomes a benumbing challenge getting the aesthetic distance to engage …

Anticipation and excitement is building up ahead of the 2019 edition of Celebrating You, an annual year-end awards and dinner party organized by Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and lifestyle products distributors, Technology Distributions Limited (TD), to celebrate its partners across Africa. Equally important, Celebrating You remains …

Sokoto, Nov. 28, 2019 The Editor-in-Chief, Vanguard Newspapers, Mr Gbenga Adefaye, says only a strong, free and independent media can check inefficiency, corruption and lack of accountability of state actors. Adefaye spoke at the  15 th All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) which opened in Sokoto on Thursday. He was keynote speaker at …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, Nov. 28, 2019 Chief Osita Chidoka, a former minister of aviation will deliver the 2019 Ahiajoku Lecture series at the Ahiajoku Convention Centre in Owerri, Imo. Mr Ikechukwu Okafor, Special Adviser to Chidoka, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Awka, said the colloquium would hold …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated the award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie, on her recent United Nations Foundations Global Leadership Award. Obi, who was among world leaders that converged at New York to celebrate the award, told airport correspondents …

By Olanrewaju Akojede Lagos, Nov. 25, 2019 Nollywood screen top shot, Elvin Ibru, on Monday said she would love to meet her 2004 rapist, expressing confidence of seeing the armed robber again. Ibru, a star actress, who played the role of Mopelola in the blockbuster movie, “Lagos Bling” in an …

All roads, today, Monday, November 25, 2019, lead to the Niger/Plateau Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria where Onuoha Ukeh, the Managing Director/Editor -in-Chief of The Sun Newspapers would be officially presenting his book, The Powers That Be…Thoughts and Reflections on People, Power & Politics. The event commences at …

By Olanrewaju Akojede Lagos, Nov. 24, 2019 The 28-year-old Nigeria rave of the moment in Music and Entertainment industry, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy on Sunday emerged winner of the 2019 Young Person of the Year Future Awards. The 2020 Grammy Award nominee got two awards as the Young Person …

The rule is that a Catholic Reverend Father must not father children. Another rule says that if you don’t break the rules you cannot change the world and attain the height of legends. Very Reverend Father Nicholas Chukwuemeka Tagbo has an uncountable number of very eminent sons. I count him …

By Anita Eboigbe Abuja, Nov. 21, 2019 Fans have continued to flood social media with congratulatory messages following Afro-fusion star, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy’s Grammy nomination. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Burna Boy’s inclusion in the prestigious Grammy nomination list broke the internet when it was announced …

By Aderemi Bamgbose Okitipupa (Ondo State) Nov. 21, 2019 A Group, Ife Tourism Reloaded and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, will begin a two-day tourism drive in Ile-Ife and its environs to showcase tourist attractions in the ancient city. The Chairman of the group, Mr Oluwagbenga …

By Salisu Sani-Idris Abuja, Nov. 19, 2019 Mr Emmanuel Egenti, a middle-age man, whose wife recently delivered quintuplets in an Abuja hospital, has cried out to the FCT Administration (FCTA) to come to his assistance in the search for accommodation for the family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports …

The much anticipated Loveworld International Music and Arts (LIMA) Awards 2019 which took place Sunday night at the Loveworld Convocation Arena (LCA) in Lagos will go down in history as the biggest gospel music and arts awards globally. It went beyond expectations in every ramification from organization to attendance to …

  By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Nov. 16, 2019 Enugu Literary Society in collaboration with the Center for Memories and Enugu Sports Club on Saturday commemorated 70 years of Iva Valley coal mine massacre by British colonialists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Nov. 18, 1949, over 21 …

Four distinguished Nigerians from various backgrounds Thursday, November 14, 2019, electrified the main hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, as they delivered absorbing speeches at the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture. They are the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 polls, Mr. …

  It is well-nigh impossible for November 16 to go by without much of the world remembering that the date is the birthday of Chinua Achebe. It needs stressing that Achebe is arguably the most influential novelist who ever drew breath all over the world. The argument pitches him in …

Miss Chineme Ojukwu, daughter of late Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, graduated from the University of Brighton in England recently. She earned a second class upper degree in Business Administration and her family members were present at her graduation ceremony to support and rejoice with her. Her mother, Bianca, revealed …

The 2019 All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC), the annual flagship conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), will hold at the International Conference Centre, Sokoto, from Wednesday, November 27 to Sunday, December 1. Acting President of the Guild, Mr. Mustapha Isah, said Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has confirmed the …