CORA/Arterial Network Nigeria calls on lawmakers to drop NGO Regulation Bill
CORA/Arterial Network Nigeria joins other civil society bodies across the country to condemn the attempt by lawmakers to introduce a new legislation which threatens the freedom of civil society bodies. The bill titled “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS REGULATORY…
CopyrightX Nigeria Alumni to Mark World Photo Day in Lagos
Saturday August 19th is designated World Photo Day. It is commemorated all over the world to draw attention to the importance of this creative endeavour in the narratives of the evolution of human communities. CORA/Arterial Network and the CopyrightX Nigeria Alumni (CNA), a body of intellectual property…
Arterial Network Releases e-Book on Freedom of Creative Expression in Africa
How Free is FREE? Reflections on Freedom of Creative Expression in Africa Twenty-five Authors, Fourteen Countries in One Original Compilation CAPE TOWN: Arterial Network has released a free e-book compilation of poems, articles and works of fiction on the subject of freedom of creative expression…
Owie Smart Vs A.G. Federation & 10 Ors Suit No FHC/L/CS/378/16: Case receives attention as federal courts resume
LAGOS- Following the resumption of the Federal Judiciary after a two-month vacation, there are indications that the pending case between Artist Owie Smart and the Federal Government of Nigeria will begin to receive the much needed attention by the Lagos Division of the Federal High…
Stephanie Linus-‘Film Makers are Custodians of our Culture’
Stephanie Linus, award winning actress, Nollywood director, and model, said filmmakers have a duty to tell our stories and promote our culture. She was a guest speaker at the Arterial Network Cultural Management Programme, tagged Project Management Review, which was held at the British Council…
Femi Odugbemi- ‘Your Project is a reflection of who you are’
At the Arterial Network Cultural Management Programme, tagged Project Management Review, which was held at the British Council Lagos, on the 3rd of August 2016, Femi Odugbemi who was a guest facilitator told participants that their projects were a reflection of who they are. Mr….
#WarAgainstArt: Court strikes out the case against artist Jelili Atiku and 5 others
Yesterday, Nigerian performance artist Jelili Atiku, poet Adeola Goloba and 4 others regained their freedom as Ejigbo Magistrate Court struck out all criminal charges instituted against them by the Nigerian Police. After about 4 hours of deliberations at the court chamber in an attempt to…
Jelili Atiku’s Case; Magistrate advises amicable Resolution
It was the fourth court hearing of the lawsuit against performance artist; Jelili Atiku and five others by the Lagos State commissioner of police yesterday, observers all over the world monitoring the case saw a turn in the court proceedings on Monday 27th when Magistrate Mrs. J.O Adeyemi…
ArtistsVillageSaga;Owie Smart Sues FG For 50Million Naira, Case Begins Hearing at Federal High Court, Ikoyi
After four months of neglect amid false promises having been shot in the leg by men of the Nigerian police force and denied police report; a necessity for treating bullet wounds in Nigeria, his artworks and gallery were equally pulverized by a stolid bulldozer following…
Artwatch Africa Ambassador-Smokey’s Studio Bombed in Ouagadougou
Members of the ‘Artwatch Africa Ambassadors for Creative Expressions’ have condemned the attack on Studio Abazon of Burkinabe top rapper and revolutionary artiste, Serges Martin Bambara aka Smokey. The attack occurred in the morning hours of Thursday September 17 in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina…