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‘Playing Queen Moremi allows me to get in touch with my inner soul’
Writer and performing artist, Kehinde Bankole, has featured in several movie productions in the past, but her role as the lead actor in the much-anticipated Broadway-style musical theatre from Bolanle Austen-Peters Production stable....
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The Problem With Silence as Festival Poetry Calabar opens
3 hours ago  
With ‘The Problem with Silence: Poets in Crisis Periods’as theme, Poets in Nigeria (PIN) will on December 20 through 22, 2018 hold the fourth edition of this year’s Festival Poetry Calabar ....
Akeem Lasisi: Novel ride through musical poetry, video
3 days ago  
On the Nigerian cultural scene, poetry is being reborn in many interesting guises. No longer is it satisfied with just being confined and read on the pages of a book or social media.
Why Burna Boy is the artist of 2018
4 days ago  
In the future, we might look back at 2018 as the year Burna Boy came of age, the year he began to truly fulfill his immense potential. Davido and Wizkid...
Manuel, Afolayan, Branch, Adeyemi set festive season on fire with Moremi The Musical
12 Dec  
Queen Moremi Ajasoro is one of the most revered women in Yoruba history. Like other great Nigerian women of the past such as Queen Amina, Queen Idia, Efunseta Aniwura...
Michael Oyagha’s book examines church’s legal obligations
12 Dec  
In order to improve administrative capacity, church leaders have been urged to endeavor to be abreast of legal matters, which relate to religious institutions.
Celebrating courage in Sami’s art of Imagining A Beautiful Life
12 Dec  
From the increasingly sorrowful world, Hafsat Sani Sami’s debut solo art exhibition distils hope and inspires direction towards self-discovery.
Afro-Brazilians partner Nigeria to explore historical connection, strengthen ties
12 Dec  
The obvious disconnect among peoples of black origin scattered the world over has been a source of worry to some concerned individuals...
Bewaji’s The Convenient Asshole hits Oriental Hotel stage
12 Dec  
Fast-rising writer and director for stage, Joy Isi Bewaji, whose two last stage plays – Satan and Bad Woman – recently received warm accolade on Lagos theatre stage...
Ugbede’s August Meeting interrogates patriarchy, women’s vulnerability, ascendancy
9 Dec  
Patriarchy and women’s vulnerability could not have been better expressed on stage than the performance of Paul Ugbede’s August Meeting...
God Calling set to hit cinemas, churches December 21
5 Dec  
At a time when the moral and ethical standards of our society are being heavily influenced by entertainment, and the Church is seen to be struggling to be part of the conversation among young people, Heart In Motion (HIM) studios brings an inspirational movie which looks at family and faith through the lens of an…
A new beginning beckons for Duke Asidere's Playspot Studio
5 Dec  
Duke Asidere’s new initiative, Playspot Studio, which was launched in Egbeda in September 2012. Created as a convergence for artists to interact via workshops, open studio and seminars, Playspot has been active ever sine in hosting artists from across Lagos and beyond. Now moved to Gbagada, Playspot its Open Studio event that got artist and…
COSON rejects APC and PDP presidential manifestos
5 Dec  
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Africa’s collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings, has rejected the presidential manifestos by the presidential candidates of both the All Progressive Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari and Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. COSON said on Monday said that after reading the #NextLevelNG manifesto of the APC and…