Aduke delivers grand performance at Freedom Park’s Felabration Festival
The 2016 edition of the globally heralded posthumous birthday of our very best- Fela Anikulapo-kuti started on its usual eclectic mood. Of course; the legendary Afro beat initiator would not have wished for a fiesta that short fall of creativity; Merry and genuity: an attribute…
Olojo Festival gains Momentum in ile-ife as Ooni Ends 7Day Seclusion
The 2016 Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife gained momentum on Friday as people in the ancient city and its environs trooped out in large number to celebrate the festival. When our correspondent visited the ancient city, the streets were wearing new looks with the logo of…
‘Echoes’ Art Exhibition by Abolore Sobayo ends with Grand Closing
ECHOES is an art exhibition conceptualized by Abolore Sobayo and aimed at telling the FELA story from the perspective of an artist. Echoes was scheduled to coincide with Felabration which started on the 10th of October, 2016 and will end on the 16th October, 2016….
FELA… ARREST THE MUSIC! heralds MUSON FESTIVAL 2016
Fela.. Arrest the music: A musical on the life and times of the legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti will be on stage from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th October at the MUSON Center at 3pm & 7pm each day. Produced by Declassical Arts and Entertainment Company…
Kunle Afolayan Celebrates Birthday with Kulture Centrik
Ace Film Maker, Kunle Afolayan, launched Kulture Centrik in grand style, at his birthday party. The son of Ade Love, also one of the greats of Nigeria film industry, has shown that he is not only a film maker, but an Omoluwabi. A term which…
Poets from all across the world to storm Lagos for International Poetry Festival
The city of Lagos will play host to 35 poets from across the world at the sophomore edition of the Lagos Poetry Festival, scheduled to hold from the 26th of October to October 30th at Freedom Park, and the Muson Center. With an exciting array…
PHOTOS: Fiesta Souk in Lagos: Bridging the gap between Food and Family
It was a grand family affair over the weekend as people all round Lagos trooped out in their hundreds to Harbour Point V.I in Lagos for the maiden edition of the Fiesta Souk in Lagos. A family oriented brand that brings people together to witness…
CORA Partners with Quramo Publishing for 7th Publishers Forum at LABAF 2016
Organised in partnership with Quramo Publishing Limited, our theme for this year’s forum is: Raising Standards: Rights, Distribution & Talent in the Publishing Industry. This year’s theme will focus on the challenges and aspects of raising standards in publishing in the areas of selling local…
Sister Act The Musical Debuts in December with Omawumi
The formal introduction of the project by the Nigeria producer of the globally acclaimed theatrical production, SOJI AKINKUGBE (CEO, Adebayo Akinkugbe Productions, AAP), in the course of launch of the AJIBAYO AKINKUGBE FOUNDATION, a not-for-profit organisation focused on Education,Inspiration, Inclusion and Engagement). The AAP is…
Lagos the Original Southern Lady of Means. 4th Festival Colloquium for Lagos at 50
Before crude oil became cool, that is, before it became the chief revenue source for the Nigerian government, there was Lagos. Circa 1905, when the ‘geographical expression’ now called Nigeria was administered in three separate regions—Southern Nigeria, Northern Nigeria, and Colony of Lagos—it was Lagos…