Arts

  Late Nigerian Visual Artist, Zinno Orara By Taiye Olayemi Lagos, June 26, 2024 Nigerian contemporary Visual Artist, Zinno Orara, is dead, aged 60. Orara’s colleagues, Gab Awusa, disclosed this on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Awusa wrote, “My friend, my brother has gone home to be with the Lord….Rest …

Preparations ahead the forthcoming Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Project got into top gear as resource persons as well as participating secondary school students have submitted their pre-screening materials for the non-competitive essay holding, July 13, this year. The Special Guest of Honor Professor Femi Osofisan as well as the …

Iconic novelist, and one of the continent’s finest storytellers, Captain Elechi Amadi, has died. The Rivers State-born poet and dramatist reportedly died, Wednesday, at the Good Heart hospital in Port Harcourt, the state capital, at the age of 82. A member of the family, Bar Wabueze Amadi, who confirmed the …

Federal Government, through the Ministry of Finance, has concluded plans to host a stakeholders’workshop aimed at restructuring and reinvigorating Project ACT Nollywood. Project ACT Nollywood is a N3 billion grant programme established by the Federal Government under the Goodluck Jonathan administration specifically evolved to solve the main challenges impeding the …

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Thursday morning, sealed off the Port Harcourt, in Rivers state, Abuja and Lagos premises of the Silverbird Group belonging to the senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District at the senate, Ben Murray-Bruce. The companies affected by the takeover include; the Silverbird Galleria Limited, …

United Bank for Africa says it is committed to the development of youths in Nigeria and Africa in general. This, the lender said, informed its decision to sponsor the annual Federal Capital Territory Interschool Performing Arts Competition held in Abuja on Thursday. The pan-African bank in a statement, Monday said …

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has officially launched her maiden literary work, a 406-page book, titled; “Essentials of Beauty Therapy,’’ aimed at enhancing the health and wellbeing of human body. Mrs Buhari made the public presentation of the book, Thursday in Abuja at the Banquet Hall of the …

The Pan-African Cultural Congress Bureau (PACCB) has announced plans to hold another World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC), in 2017. President of the body and Director General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), Dr Ferdinand Anikwe, who said this in Lagos …

Lagos indigenes under the aegis of the Eko Foundation, weekend, kicked against the appointment of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, as the co-Chairman of Lagos at 50 Celebration Committee. The group also lamented that Lagos indigenes had been marginalised in their own land, noting that residents from other states of …

Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila was on Saturday, announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his first novel, Tram 83. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. 35-year-old Mujila is the first Francophone …

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, Thursday, in Abuja unveiled the Nigeria Rebirth Art Project aimed at making Nigeria great. She was represented by the Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo. Mrs Buhari, who is the Grand Patron of the rebirth project said that the need for …

International award-winning singer and songwriter, Asa, is billed to thrill dignitaries and select audience at the Grand Finale of the third edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature holding this Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos. Asa, who has a number of internationally recognized albums and …

The Nigeria LNG Limited sponsors of the prestigious Nigeria Prize for Science and The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced a call for entries into the 2016 edition of the prize. Entries will close on April 15, this year, while the winner is expected to be announced in October.The $100, …

The Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF) has concluded plans to commence its its 2016 literary calendar year with two authors and two musicians, Tope Fasua, Ada Agbasimalo, Lindii Adams Orubor and Rhyne D, all set to appear at the highly-acclaimed Guest Writer Session on February 27, 2016 at Nanet Suites, Abuja. …

Nigeria, Friday unveiled a nine-metre tall statue of Jesus Christ carved from white marble, believed to be the biggest of its kind in Africa. Standing barefoot with arms outstretched, the “Jesus de Greatest” statue weighs in at 40 tonnes. More than 100 priests and hundreds of Catholic worshippers attended the …

In the spirit of yuletide season, employees of leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has showered gifts on kids of Arrow of God Orphanage as part of their 5 Days of Love CSR activities. The team, led by the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, donated food …

Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has announced the commencement of its Christmas charity campaign tagged ‘5 Days of Love,’ to uplift the less privileged in the communities it operates and give them a reason to celebrate during the yuletide season. The 5-day long programme, which commenced on the 18th of …

Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Penny Busetto and Rehana Rossouw have been announced as the three shortlisted authors for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is the first pan-African Prize that is open solely to debut fiction writers from African countries. Now in its third year, it …

The Umuokpu Obowu, New Jersey Chapter, United States recently went out on its very first Annual Retreat to the Poconos Mountains in Pennsylvania, the United States. The retreat attended by the group’s 20-strong all-female members held last month, November and gathered all the registered members in New Jersey. The Umuokpu …

Telecommunications company, Etisalat, has further demonstrated commitment to creativity and talent development in the country with support for this year’s edition of the annual Ake Arts & Book Festival, a gathering of eminent authors and writers in the historic city of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The company restated its …

The Lagos Theatre Festival has selected the works of four playwrights including; Bode Asiyanbi, Atinuke Aweda, Paul Ugbede and Olubunmi Familoni, to be performed as part of the activities lined up for the UK/Nigeria 2015–16 programme, which the festival is a part of. Their manuscripts will now be transformed into …

The widely-acclaimed book, Half of a Yellow Sun, by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named the Bailey’s ‘Best of the Best’, chosen from the past decade’s winners of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Adichie’s 2007 prize-winning novel, set in 1960s Nigeria during the Biafran War, was judged …

The iconic National Arts Theatre, Lagos Nigeria came alive, weekend night, as it glowed in the distinct United Nations-blue lights as part of a global campaign to ‘Turn the world UN-blue’ in commemoration of the 2015 UN Day and the 70th anniversary of the United Nations. The lighting of the …

Telecommunications Operator, Etisalat Nigeria, Eko Hotel and Suites and the African Artists Foundation (AAF) have announced the 2015 edition of the annual LagosPhoto Festival themed Designing Futures. The month-long event which is in its sixth edition is slated to open to the public from October 24 at the prestigious Eko …

Organizers of the Abuja Carnival now known as the Nigeria National Carnival has revealed that the 2015 edition of the festival has received the royal blessing of Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II, the Olowu of Owu Kingdom. Former Green Eagles player Folorunsho Okenla who has been mandated to run the …