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Lasisi tackles poor use of English in video series
The writer and performance poet goes digital to teach Nigerians the English language in an inspiring way and at their convenience.
Expectations high as Akure hosts Soyinka, Fagunwa conference
Six years after its first conference in honour of the late Yoruba novelist, D.O. Fagunwa, the Fagunwa Study Group is set for the next edition exploring the interactions between his works and that of Professor Wole Soyinka who clocked 85…
Day Ajeluorou took Igho to Kongi
Culture journalist and writer, AnoteAjeluorou, fulfilled a long-held dream recently when he presented his debut book, Igho Goes to Farm, to Professor Wole Soyinka and also disclosed why he wrote it during activities marking the Nobel…
We need to take Nigeria back from Pentecostals —Obadare
Professor of sociology at the University of Kansas, US, Ebenezer Obadare, was in Nigeria recently to read from his latest work, Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria published by Zed Books/University of…
10th WSICE holds in three states
NINE years after it was last held in Lagos, some activities of the 10th annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE), will happen in the Centre of ExcellenceHeld to celebrate the birthday of the Nobel Laureate since 2010,…
Store rewards Best Child Actor at Realtime Film Festival
POPULAR retail store, SPAR has rewarded the winner of the Best Child Actor Prize at the third edition of the RealTime Film Festival, Mariam Kayode.Kayode won the prize for her role in the ImohUmoren directed ‘The Coffin Salesman’ at the…
NAFEST 2019: Culture chiefs tour Benin City
TO ensure a successful 2019 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), the management of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and Chief Executives of Culture will visit the host state, Edo, from July 8 to 12.The purpose…
Luxury Reporter marks fifth anniversary, holds conference
IT was time to take stock of Nigeria’s fledgling luxury industry a fortnight ago when The Luxury Reporter magazine, a publication dedicated to showing the prospects, players and challenges of the sector, marked its fifth anniversary at The…
An outlier’s riveting tale
Industrialist, Chief Oladele Fajemirokun, tells his life story in The Making of Me– My Odyssey in Business, set for unveiling in July.
Writers mourn originator of Stiwanism, Molara Ogundipe
Tributes have started pouring in for leading poet, editor, feminist and activist, Professor Molara Ogundipe, who passed away on Tuesday in her home in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun StateSome members of the Nigerian writing community were already in…