Arts & Entertainment

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) recently held a Dinner and Hall of Fame Night to mark her 35th Anniversary Celebration/AGM at the Landmark, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria. The evening of glitz and excellence was graced by Very Important Personalities, especially Engineers, members of their families and associates. …

By Prudence Arobani New York, Oct. 9, 2018 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has condemned the “brutal” killing of investigative reporter Victoria Marinova, declaring it as outrageous. Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, said attacks on journalists erode fundamental human rights to freedom of expression and the …

Another 108 Nigerians have been awarded full secondary education scholarship under the NNPC/SNEPCo National Cradle-to-Career (NC2C) Scholarship scheme launched in 2014, bringing the total number of beneficiaries in the last four years to 375. The scholarship, administered by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), offers full boarding and tuition-free …

Victor Adeoti Osogbo, Oct. 8, 2018 A foremost Yoruba comedian, Moses Adejumo , popularly known as Baba Sala, is dead. Baba Sala, a popular Nigerian comedian, dramatist and actor who was born in 1936, died on Sunday in Ilesha, Osun at the age of 82. His media assistant, Mr Isaac …

The Second Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, will hold at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State on Friday, October 19, 2018, with former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, as Chairman. A statement signed by GOCOP’s Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, disclosed that the theme of …

By Ifeanyi Olannye Asaba, Oct. 6, 2018 Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Saturday congratulated Mr Chris Isiguzo, the new President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Okowa, whose congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Aniagwu in Asaba, called on Isiguzo to take …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Oct. 5, 2018 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, will on Oct. 8 at NTA Star times, feature in the inaugural broadcast of a national patriotism programme, `HIYA Nigeria’, aimed at educating Nigerians using local languages and Pidgin English. HIYA Nigeria is an acronym for H-Hausa, Igbo-I, Y-Yoruba …

The 2018 All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC) billed for Asaba, Delta State from Wednesday October 10 to Sunday, October 14 will be headlined by many notable speakers among whom is host Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission and senior member of Open Society for …

By Dorcas Elusogbon Ile-Ife (Osun), Sept. 29, 2018 The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. Ojaja II, led the ancient city of Ile-Ife on Saturday to celebrate the 2018 Olojo festival amidst pomp and pageantry. The festival was an opportunity to showcase the rich culture of Ile-Ife and the Yoruba …

  Welcome to Anambra State the Ancestral home of Ndi Igbo. Ndi b’anyi ekele m unu. In line with the United Nations World Tourism Day celebration themed tourism and the digital transformation, it is incumbent on me as the Honourable Commissioner of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artwork, Culture …

The Bayelsa State Government has pledged to collaborate with the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) to tell the story of the state in the right perspective, that will make future generations have a good account of its evolution.    The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson stated this in …

  The Federal Government has kick-started activities lined up for the commemoration of the 2018 Independence Anniversary Celebration with a Photo Exhibition, tagged “The Footprints of Nigeria’s Political Leaders,” which was curated by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. Speaking at the opening of the Exhibition at the International …

The Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano and the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe (Agbogidi) will lead other prominent personalities to the public presentation of the Anambra Compendium on October 1, 2018. The much anticipated public presentation of the landmark documentation will take place at Oma Event Centre, …

Robert Awokuse Ahead of the 2019 general election, scholars and media professionals have called on online journalists/bloggers to be tactful in reporting stories which are capable of inciting violence in the country. The call was made at a two-day workshop on conflict sensitive reporting, held in Abeokuta, the Ogun State …

After five years of protracted legal battle between the Federal Government and Yushau Shuaib, Chief Information Officer at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed’s Ministry has finally obeyed the National Industrial Court order to reinstate the embattled civil servant. In a letter of reinstatement with reference no. …

By Oladele Eniola Lagos, Sept. 17, 2018 A rapper, Mr Jude Abaga, popularly known as `M.I.’ has advised other rappers to be more versatile so as to remain relevant in the society and not be overtaken by the hip-hop revolution across the world. M.I told the News Agency of Nigeria …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the State Government will work with ace musician, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo also called Dbanj to create opportunities for young musicians in the state. Speaking during a condolence visit by Dbanj at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday, Governor Wike said …

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has approved a final shortlist of three books out of the longlist of 11 released in July 2018. The books are Embers by Soji Cole, Death and The King’s Grey Hair by Denja Abdullahi and The Rally by Akanji Nasiru . …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the media is free to criticize the President but not to denigrate him or his office. The Minister said this in Abuja on Thursday when he visited the Peoples Daily Newspapers, in continuation of the advocacy for the National …

Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has identified the Nigerian movie industry as the next biggest wealth creator in Africa. He made this declaration at the 6th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) held at Eko Hotel & Suites on Saturday September 1st, …

Children of today do not know anything about the look-read photo-magazine African Film, starring the dapper Lance Spearman, alias Spear. The magazine was quite popular during my post-Biafra-war growing-up years in Onitsha, the township on the bank of the River Niger that earned its mark in the world of letters …

  Father Albert Nzeh, the Administrator of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Newark, New Jersey, USA, and the Spiritual Director of the Jesus is Lord Catholic Charismatic Renewal Prayer Group, a strong group that sees to the spiritual growth of members of the Igbo Catholic Church (ICC) of St Charles …

By Kadiri Abdulrahman Lagos, Aug. 30, 2018 Ace musician, David Adeleke (Davido), was among 2152 Batch “B”, Stream 2 corps members sworn-in at the Lagos State National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Orientation Camp, Ipaja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security personnel had a hard time …

  Hate is such a strong word, but the writer known all over the world as V.S. Naipaul was an unrepentant purveyor of hate in his chequered life. Born as Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul on August 17, 1932 in Chaguanas in the then British Trinidad and Tobago, Naipaul had nothing but …