Arts
17 Mar
Amstel Malta has reaffirmed its support for the African film and creative industry with its announcement of headline sponsorship of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) for the 10th year in a row.
17 Mar
The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has sought the support of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, in providing strategies for the promotion and preservation of literary art in the country.
17 Mar
Toyota by CFAO Nigeria has announced winners of its dream car art contest. At different ceremonies held on Wednesday, March 6 at the Toyota by CFAO offices on Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos
17 Mar
Otoki standing beside one of his works, Fisherman Village[/caption]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 Gallery, Lagos.
10 Mar
Patrons Modern and Contemporary African Arts (MCAA), a full-fledged arts-focused organisation, has concluded plans to hold its sixth miniature exhibition in Lagos this month.
10 Mar
Filmmaker Xavier Dolan, who received the jury prize for Mommy at the 67th Festival de Cannes in 2014, has been named President of the Un Certain Regard jury of the 77th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
2 Mar
Realm 2 is a groundbreaking cinematic venture that has transcended borders to captivate audiences worldwide.
24 Feb
In commemoration of its yearly Drama Day, the Drama Club of Atlantic Hall School, Poka, Epe presented a stage drama entitled, ‘Hopes for the Living Dead’.
24 Feb
All roads led to the Tomi Falade Book party when the journalist par excellence launched her first two books titled ‘Dates From Hell’ and ‘OLOBUN: Matriarch Of Ondo, Mother Of Legacy’ at De Rembrandt Hotel, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos recently.
21 Feb
One of the 11 chief executives of culture appointed over a month ago by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has resumed this week. Their appointment, which was announced in January, was with immediate effect.
21 Feb
To harness and enhance tourism potential of Ekiti State for economic growth and prosperity of the indigenes , Governor Abiodun Oyebanji has granted approval for the development of a Tourism Development Master Plan.
21 Feb
Aiyeko-ooto is a Nigerian-American poet, playwright and philosopher with more than 112 works. Recently, he was in the country for the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF), where the prolific author, using the platform of CORA Youth Creative Club
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