Other cities have game, but springtime in the Big Apple brings a concentration of fairs, auctions and shows without parallel. Sometimes it seems as though the collectors, dealers, curators and advisers who power the art world will fly anywhere on…
Benin Debuts First-Ever National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Everything Precious Is Fragile is an opportunity to collapse the conventions that define the nation in the global popular imagination. VENICE — Still in 2024, inclusion in La Biennale de Venezia remains an honour. It’s a symbol of recognition, legitimacy even,…
Osun: Adeleke orders logo competition after backlash
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has given directives for a logo crafting competition. The entries are for submission between April 19 and 26. This new directive is coming after a series of backlash from opposition political parties and members…
PICTORIAL: Inside the most expensive school in Nigeria
Inside Charterhouse Lagos, A newly commissioned primary school in Lekki with its secondary school underway that charges N42m as a fee per annum. Charterhouse Lagos is the first British independent school in West Africa and part of the prestigious Charterhouse…
New book on Ifa to be released in Lagos.
A new book on Ifa will be released on 13 April 2024 at the Kongi’s Harvest Art Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos. The book, entitled “Sacred Art of Odu Ifa” was written by the Grammy Award-winning musician-philosopher, Olalekan Babalola, It has…
Why singles should prepare before getting married – Uche Nnanna
Actress, Uche Nnanna, has advised unmarried individuals to ensure they adequately prepare before embarking on their marital journey. In an interview with Punch, she added that though many of her friends got married before her, she didn’t allow that to bother…
It took decades to achieve progress for women – why has it stalled?
This International Women’s Day we promise to carry on the transformative work of our predecessors in the Labour party ‘Labour women who stood up and changed our country for the better’: Barbara Castle, Edith Summerskill and Alice Bacon in 1954.…
Keanzo’s 10years on stage; A Cultural Adventure
Kingsley Adeyemi Olakunle popularly known as Keanzo, is one of the biggest exports out of the city of Ibadan. His cultural concert tagged Kulture, Kings and Keanzo is billed to come up on the 26th of September, 2021, at the…
Culture and development
In Nigeria discourses on development occur often within the development set and are preoccupied with macro-indicators, namely, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), purchasing Power Parity (PPP), Per Capital Income (PCI), and so on. In fact under the prevailing administration, development discourses…
I will use culture to unite Nigeria, says Runsewe
The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe (OON) who is also the President of the World Crafts Council, African Region, has said that his ultimate goal as the Director-General of the National Council for…