Trio Thrill Abuja Literati
By Grareano Kori Adiga The billing promised to be a thriller of an event and some of the heavyweights of the Abuja literati turned up at the Banquet Hall of Nanet Suites,venue of the May 25, 2013 Guest Writer Session of Abuja Writers Forum (AWF). Christy Makut, guitarist and songwriter, had the unenviable task of setting the tone for the evening. The More...
Obama, others celebrate Chinua Achebe
President Barack Obama of the US on Monday night lauded the late Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, as a “revolutionary author, educator, and cultural ambassador.” Obama’s words of praise for Mr. Achebe, the More...
Americanah – A critical perspective
By Patrick Iroegbu (Ambrose Ehirim) Americanah, when it was published and launched in April, I face-booked it that anyone in diaspora, including those coming abroad for the first time for diaspora lifestyle should More...
Copyright Society launches foundation to support music industry
T he Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) in Lagos has launched a music foundation to provide support for artistes in distress and funding for music education. The foundation is also to promote Nigerian More...
Rock Art can open windows for better understanding of Africa – Duke
Nigerian Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Edem Duke has said in Addis Ababa, that Rock Art can open windows on the understanding of Africa’s heritage as it visualises ancestral live changes. Duke More...
A Child-Poet’s beginning of silence – A review
By Chiedu Ezeanah James Joyce, the giant Irish modernist novelist of the twentieth century paid his own tribute to the creative genius of youth, when he published his first notable work and entitled it, Portrait More...
Kwara Govt. to boost culture, tourism sites
Mr Ebenezer Adetula, the Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state on Tourism, has expressed the state’s willingness to boost its cultural and tourism sites. Adetula said the resuscitation More...
Abuja Film village to partner with science and technology agency on youth empowerment
Abuja Film Village International is to partner with the FCT Agency for Science and Technology on youth empowerment through film production and entertainment. The Managing Director of the agency, Mr Segun Oyekunle, More...
University don, Journalist stun guests at Abuja Writer’s Forum’s April Guest Writer’s Session
By Miriam Humbe Abuja Writer’s Forum April Guest Writer’s session last Saturday hosted two prolific writers, Dr. Obari Gomba, who is a lecturer of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of More...
FTAN set to organise 2013 Tourism Investors’ Forum
The Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN) says the Nigerian Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition (NTIFE), will focus on funding as vital to the development of tourism in the country. The maiden More...
