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Campaigners push for Japan to win Nobel Peace Prize

Campaigners are pushing for Japan’s population to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in a nod to the country’s long-held…

UFUK Foundation honours Prince Yemisi Shyllon, others

Quintessential art collector, Prince Yemisi Shyllon was among nine Nigerians honoured by the UFUK Dialogue Foundation at the 2014 edition…

Strike stops opening of ‘world’s biggest’ theatre fest

The two opening shows of France’s prestigious Avignon Festival — one of the world’s biggest theatre showcases — meant to…

Wole Soyinka Prize: Literary icons to inspire secondary students

Select pupils from secondary schools in Nigeria with keen interest in literary arts will have a golden opportunity to meet…

Rhodes Voices, Bez, for Soyinka Prize grand finale

Evergreen music orchestra, Steve Rhodes Orchestra and Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, Bez, have confirmed attendance for the grand finale…

Wole Soyinka’s Tribute to Maya Angelou

Maya’s ‘AFRICA’ was more than a mere literary metaphor and reference point – it went beyond race identification. To obtain…

Literary society, authors to honour late Prof. Acholonu

An Evening of Tribute has been scheduled to hold in Abuja on 12 June in honour of the late literary…

10 authors make Glo-sponsored Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature

Ten African authors made the long-list for the 2014 edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. This…

2Face, Omotola Others For Entertainment Confab

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Some of Africa’s biggest acts are to speak at this year’s Nigerian Entertainment Conference organised by Nigeria Entertainment…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Farewell To The Magic Muse

By Niyi Osundare Gone, the Magic Muse of Aracataca. In a manner similar to his wondrous tales, I can see…

Godfather of magic realism, Garcia Marquez dies at 87

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship…

Lagos museum celebrates El Anatsui, Africa’s famous sculptor

To mark the 70th birthday of one of Africa’s most accomplished living artists, a Lagos museum chose to focus on…

Onyeka Onwenu’s Son Painter Abe Impresses All

Despite being a new comer on the Nigerian art scene, the art exhibition of young painter, Abraham Ogunlende, titled “Culture…

US lottery jackpot swells to near-record $636 million

Frantic Americans snapped up $1 lottery tickets on Tuesday as the Mega Millions jackpot swelled to $636 million, making it…

Students Making Best Of Bad Situation

University undergraduates find ways of coping with an unending strike  Sporting a white hijab and a headscarf, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola…

Miss Black Barbie Storms Nigeria

Miss Black Barbie, Germany-based music sensation, is expected in Nigeria by January to take Nigerians on dance tutorials. The Cameroon-born…

Soyinka, others mourn Awoonor

Nigerian Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and other writers on Friday paid tribute to renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi…

Nigerian Entertainment Tit-Bits

Obesere, Others For MAAN Day Fuji music stars will on 3 October storm Nigerian Army Officers Mess, Sabo-Yaba in honour…

Of Theater And Our Duke Of Errors

By Segun Ojewuyi This week the department of Theater at the University of Ibadan celebrates 50 years of Theater in…

CNN’s Inside Africa Explores Nigeria’s Cultural Diversity

Inside Africa, CNN’s weekly programme that explores the diversity of different cultures, countries and regions will be showcasing and exploring…

Nigerian Entertainment Tit-Bits

‘The Happiest Day Of  My Life’ Actress Bisi Ibidapo-Obe has revealed that the day her daughter, Destiny was born was…

A Day For The Voice

Through the effort of American Fulbright scholar, Nigeria, for the first time, joins other countries to commemorate the World Voice…

No plan to convert National Theatre to hotel, says minister

Nigeria’s Minister for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Chief Edem Duke, has denied that the government planned to convert National Theatre,…

Nigeria: Inside Yemisi Shyllon’s World

BY NKRUMAH BANKONG-OBI  Engineer Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon’s art garden at his Lagos home reveals his massive love for visual art…
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