Guardian Arts

NOTABLE poet and polemicist Odia Ofeimun, columnists Otunba Tola Adeniyi and Henry Boyo, newspaper manager and former Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Mr. Tony Onyima were among personalities who commended Dr. Jimanze Ego-Alowes, the author of a new book Economists As Assassins: The Nigerian Connection yesterday in Lagos.

BUSTLING Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State, was recently agog, as it played host to friends and well-wishers of High Chief Onuwa Michael Diji, who was official installed as the seventh Isama, the king’s guards’ commanding officer and one of Onicha-Ugbo’s head warriors.

THE Interview, a movie starring James Franco and Seth Rogen as goofballs that clearly draws on stereotypes about North Korea, is currently circulating in Nigeria and the North Korean authorities wants the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to discourage further illegal circulation of the film in the country

TT WAS historic day on this fateful Sunday for the people of Koton Karfi community in Kogi State as they played host to the team of La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort management led by the president and founder, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye.

EKITIPANUPO community square is celebrating its 10th year anniversary with the publication of a book entitled Ekitipanupo Legacy Book.

A fragrance of art gallery as resource space, across disciplines, is in the air at Biodunomolayo Gallery where creativity is being used as a pedestal in creating responsible leadership.

Challenges in long travel time and rough roads from Lagos to one of the border towns, Olambe, Ogun State could not hold back art enthusiasts who flooded Greenhouse Art Empowerment Centre, for a group art exhibition titled Nigerian Visual Artists and Politics, featuring Dr Bruce Onobrakpeya as a guest artist. Attached to the exhibition was a lecture, The Role Of Visual Arts In People’s Empowerment And Politics In Nigeria, delivered by Onobrakpeya

LOCATION: University of Ghana, Legon; Semester: 1; Year: 2008/09; Day: Wednesdays, Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm. Venue: One lecture room in a department; Subject: Creative Writing.

Segun Jegede will be presenting his Rwandan Genocide to the public on October 14, at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, under the distinguished chairmanship of Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, OFR.

THE on-going altercation between the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and former Osun State governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola over the leadership of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) notwithstanding, the organising committee of the second Global Conference of Black Nationalities is leaving no stone unturned for a successful outing.

No diligence goes in vain, it is usually rewarded one way or the other, for the crime reporter, Odita Sunday of The Guardian Newspapers, who has been nominated for the Africa Security watch Awards, Conference and exhibition (ASWA), it is based on his commitment, dedication, eyes-for–details and research, which according the awarding body, has assisted in providing security and safety for all the people in Nigeria.

A West Africa sub-region that is struggling to get its nation states into economic independence is a betrayal of what the people were known for in pre-colonial era, so suggests a Lagos-based printmaker, Akintunde Disu’s works.