Otoki in landscapes of my fatherland
For the second time in 30 years of practice, Oluwafemi Otoki will be staging his second solo show. His first, This Land Is Not For Sale, was in 2022 at the Signature
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The Voice Nigeria Season 4 begins as new sponsors emerge
Sponsors of The Voice Nigeria have guaranteed a better and improved season 4 with a lot of intrigues and new twists for viewers and participants at large. For the first time since
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Exactly a week to Valentine’s Day Biodun and Dupe were having the best of times in Biodun’s one-room apartment in Surulere when suddenly they heard a heavy knock at the door
At book launch, Afe Babalola, Unilag VC, Shobanjo, Ekpu, others honour Akinfeleye
Founder, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola and Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, were among high networth guests that honoured the renowned communication scholar, Prof. Ralph Afolabi Akinfeleye...
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As precursor to these newer manifestations, the more prodigious concert between fashion and tourism in Nigeria has continuously grown from the late 1990s, when big fashion events that enabled both ...
Culture diplomacy and changed restitution narrative in 2021 – Part 2
Cultural politics in the past centred on debating cultural-heritage diplomacy in terms of questions of ownership. Previously, the essential question was, Who owns the past?
How culture diplomacy changed restitution narrative in 2021 – Part 1
The year 2021 started with hope of COVID-19 ending, as life-saving vaccines were rolled out to around 60 per cent of the world’s population, however, it drew to a close with the
A ghost in the New Year!
Why do I have to live this kind of life, after all I did for my three children?” reflected Mama Seyi that Sunday morning in her one-room apartment in the slum of
With Miss Arts pageant, gallery rejigs culture appreciation
Concerned about the gradual erosion of culture among youths, the Oshodi Arts Gallery, in conjuction with the Federal Ministry of Tourism and National Orientation, has initiated a cultural pageant tagged, Miss Arts.
Oba Ogunleye, Bonuola, others extol Odukomaiya’s virtues at 87
It was a morning of encomiums and tributes on Saturday, July 10, 2021, as prominent Nigerians, veteran journalists, colleagues; family members and well-wishers celebrated the 87th birthday of Prince Henry Olukayode Odukomaiya.