TO commemorate his 50th birthday, Yemi Adebisi, Life Editor of Independent Newspapers Limited will be hosting the world at the public presentation of his book, Adventures of Konko Biire.
The event, which kicks off by 10am on Saturday, November 18, 2017, under the chairmanship of Senator Shehu Sani, will be held at Prestige Catering & Hotels, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.
The special guest of honour is wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode.
There will be poetry performances by artists-cum-journalists, Akeem Lasisi and Evelyn Osagie, while saxophonist, Saxmuel and gospel artiste, Fido Clef, will entertain guests with cool music.
Expected guests include Managing Director/Editor-in-chief of Independent Newspapers, Ade Ogidan; president of the Nigeria Guild of Editors, Mrs. Funke Egbemode; president, Nigeria Folklore Society, Dr. Bukar Usman; national president, Association of Nigerian Authors, Mallam Denja Abdullahi; chairman, Committee of Relevant Art, Jahman Anikulapo; renowned global art collector, Omooba Yemisi Shyllon; Abolore Sobayo; chief press secretary to Lagos State governor, Habib Aruna and a host of others.
‘Adventures of Konko Biire’, is a fiction on an African child, who waddles fruitlessly round the borders of life, bedeviled with incessant rejection, hatred and failure traceable to his origin.