The Lagos Fringe Festival (LFF) has received praise from the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) for giving emerging artists a platform over the previous five years. This was said by Makinde Adeniran, NANTAP Secretary, during the Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos, fifth LFF opening. Young artists are given a stage at the Read More…
Culture & Arts
The Star behind the Stars: Celebrating the Master Producer, Laolu Akins @76
Unpretentious, reserved, meek, disciplined, and gentlemanly are words that best describe him. He breathes music, and his passion for music is second to none. He is still the mind behind Evergreen Songs of the Originals, for which he received a platinum disc award and the Best Producer of the Year award in 1991. Together with Read More…
Joke Sanwo-Olu counsels young people to serve as peace ambassadors
Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the wife of the governor of Lagos State, said on Friday that children should always try to be ambassadors of peace, unity, and shared values. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice while entertaining children from several states at the Government House in Marina, Lagos. The programme was one of several events planned for the Read More…
Amazon launches Lagos presence with spectacular drone display
Five hundred unmanned aircraft were released into the air at once. And the spectacle was breathtaking! In Eko Atlantic, Lagos, Nigeria, Amazon hosted the first-ever show activation of drones. In the afternoon of November 2nd, 500 drones that had been unpacked and programmed to fly in unison at the same moment based on mapping and Read More…
Lagos ready to host 35th NAFEST – Tourism commissioner
The 35th National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST), which will take place in Lagos State, is ready to go, according to Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture. During a media tour of the National Stadium in Lagos, where the festival will take place, on Friday, Akinbile-Yusuf said that all Read More…
Obasanjo says Africa must unite via cultural values and ideas
Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president of Nigeria, has urged Africans to unite for the benefit of humanity by consciously reenacting cultural traditions and beliefs. Obasanjo made the statement on Monday while Ms. Oluwabunmi Amao, the director-general of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), paid him a visit at his home in Read More…
U.S. submits 23 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Twenty-three Benin Bronzes that were among the hundreds of items that the British took during their invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1897 have been returned to Nigeria by the United States. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, praised the US for returning the stolen cultural property during the repatriation ceremony on Read More…
Ice Prince released on bail after six nights in prison
Music rapper, Panshak Zamani, aka Ice Prince, accused of allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos, has been granted bail after six nights in prison. Folarin Dalmeida, his lawyer, confirmed that Ice Prince had been released from the Ikoyi correctional facility in Lagos, on Thursday, September 8. “His bail conditions have been met, and he Read More…
I Thought I Would Die Young – Femi Kuti
Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has said that he thought he would die at a very young age. Femi, son of legendary Afrobeat singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti turned 60 on June 16. Speaking during an interview with Goldmyne TV on Sunday, the singer revealed that he was “quite shocked” that he was still alive to celebrate 60 years. He Read More…
“I got the best birthday gift ever” – Mercy Chinwo
By Ugoma Johnson Nigeria’s illustrious gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, now Mrs. Mercy Blessed celebrated her 31st birthday, on Monday with a car gift from her husband. To make the day special, her husband, Pastor Blessed bought her a new Land Cruiser car. Recall that the singer and her clergy husband walked down the aisle a Read More…