ARTS AND LITERATURE

The Black Book; A Weak Adaptation (A REVIEW)

The Black Book; A Weak Adaptation (A REVIEW)

ARTS AND LITERATURE, EDUCATION
Editi Effiong goofed at this one. Despite the obviously elaborate budget made for the film, The Black Book left a sour taste on my movie-viewing palate. There were a lot of loose ends. Great pictures, great soundtracks, great acting but very poor scripting. I maintain that Nigerians still have a lot to learn in putting together action movies, especially those that involve modern weapons and fighting styles. From the first scene that featured Sam Dede’s character leading a crime operation to the scenes that showed Richard Mofe Damijo’s character defying attempts to get him down, none was convincing enough like Hollywood action movies. Richard Mofe-Damijo’s character could not show any sign that he had been a trained combatant. His reflexes were so slow and even his build left much to be des...
CORA, NLNG Celebrate Nigeria Prize or Literature Finalists At Grand Book Party

CORA, NLNG Celebrate Nigeria Prize or Literature Finalists At Grand Book Party

ARTS AND LITERATURE, EDUCATION
Andy Odeh, NLNG’s GM External Relations & Sustainable Development with playwrights in the Longlist of 11 playwrights of The Nigeria Prize for Literature (2023) at the NLNG-NPL Book Party in Lagos…recently. The city’s literary scene came alive as the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) in conjunction with Nigeria LNG Ltd. hosted a grand book party honouring the longlisted authors of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. The event marked the 14th edition of the Book Party and drew together writers, literary enthusiasts and dignitaries from all walks of life. In the first public gathering of the writers on the longlist recently released by the panel of judges led by Professor Ameh Dennis Akoh, a Drama and Critical Theory professor at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, the ...
Achebe Remains Our Pride, Inspiration – Ogidi Monarch

Achebe Remains Our Pride, Inspiration – Ogidi Monarch

ARTS AND LITERATURE, EDUCATION
The traditional ruler of the Ogidi community in Anambra State, Igwe Alex Onyido has said that the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe remains the pride and inspiration of the good people of Ogidi and entire Africa at large not just because he was able to render service to the entire world in literature with his works as a novelist, poet, teacher and social critic but also because he rendered unforgettable development service to Ogidi community with his creative instinct. Igwe Onyido who spoke yesterday on the sidelines of the 10-year memorial church service being organized by the Ogidi community in honor of Achebe at the weekend noted that Ogidi will continue to celebrate the late literary icon because he was at the centre of the development of Ogidi to the point that he served ...
Wole Soyinka:  Globally Renowned Playwright, Novelist Will Be Headlining CORA BookTrek

Wole Soyinka: Globally Renowned Playwright, Novelist Will Be Headlining CORA BookTrek

ARTS AND LITERATURE, EDUCATION
The event, co-hosted by Bookcraft Africa and supported by Providus Bank and NobleHill Wine, will take place on July 16, 2023, at Providus Bank Corporate Office Rooftop Lounge on Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island. The BookTrek will feature readings by Professor Soyinka himself, as well as a cross-generation of Nigerian aesthetes. The author will be engaged by two interlocutors in the course of the afternoon. A stay by Toyin Akinosho from CORA said the event is part of CORA’s extension services, aimed at deepening literary appreciation and audience engagement with published texts. “The BookTrek is a front in the campaign for literacy, geared towards boosting citizens’ education, enlightenment, and empowerment, to achieve CORA’s fundamental mission of building the human capital ca...
NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta: Resuscitating ECC Earns Him Accolades, Regulator Of The Year Award

NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta: Resuscitating ECC Earns Him Accolades, Regulator Of The Year Award

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As the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta gets ready to receive Vanguard’s Regulator of the Year Award on Friday, his effort in resuscitating the Emergency Communication Centres, ECCs, comes to the fore. Stakeholders in the industry say he is deserving of the award even if only for his strides in reviving the Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) and the introduction of harmonized national emergency communication number, 112, which played a pivotal role in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. The ECCs were activated as a one-stop shop for receiving distress calls from the public and dispatching same to appropriate Emergency Response Agencies (ERAs) for timely response and resolution of the distress. With 19 ECCs establis...
Niyi Osundare To Deliver 2022 NNMA Winner Lecture, Dec.7

Niyi Osundare To Deliver 2022 NNMA Winner Lecture, Dec.7

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The lecture for the 2022 winners of the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA) will be given by Professor Niyi Osundare. To take place in Abuja on December 7, 2022, the topic is, “Poetry​ And​ The​ Human​ Voice”. “It will be taking place within the context of the Annual Forum of NNMA Laureates,” Osundare told The Guardian. He was the 2014 recipient of NNMA, Nigeria’s highest recognition for distinguished academic and creative achievement. The poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and media columnist has authored over 20 books of poetry, two books of selected poems (with individual poems in over 70 journals and magazines across the world), four plays, a book of essays, and numerous monographs and articles on literature, language, culture, and society. He regards his calling as a writer and hi...
ANA Announces 2022 Prize Shortlist

ANA Announces 2022 Prize Shortlist

ARTS AND LITERATURE
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has announced the shortlists for its 2022 Literary Prizes.  According to the organization, the winners will be announced at the award dinner on October 29th, 2022. The association founded by Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, in 198, aims to promote Nigerian literature in Nigeria and the Diaspora. The shortlist and respective categories are: ANA PROSE PRIZE Deportee – Ikenna Okeh If They Tell the Story – Ndidi Chiazor Enenmor Glasshouse – Sumaila Isah Umaisha ANA POETRY PRIZE I know a thing or two about Madness – Stanley Ejiogu The Lilt of the Rebel – Obari Gomba Memory and the Call of Waters – S. Sueddie Vershima Agema Chant of the Angry – Kabura Zakama Dance of A Savage – Charles Akinsete ANA DRAMA PRIZE The...
Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philips Dybvig Awarded Nobel Prize In Economics

Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, Philips Dybvig Awarded Nobel Prize In Economics

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday decided to award the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises.” Bernanke is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. After leaving the Fed, he was appointed a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve’s response to the late-2000s financial crisis, for which he was named the 2009 Time Person of the year. Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University, and chaired the departments of economics there from 1996 to Septem...
Ada The Country: The Story Of The Nigerian Urban Woman

Ada The Country: The Story Of The Nigerian Urban Woman

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Behind the finesse of the average Nigerian urban woman are stories of pain, anguish, restoration, and survival. Ada The Country - These are the stories amplified through Doyenne Circle’s critically acclaimed musical, Ada the Country. The musical is produced as a therapy for the healing of women who have undergone abuse, pain, and trauma because of their gender. The musical which was staged live over the Easter holidays at the Shell Hall of the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos tells the story of Ada, a character played by ace Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, who loses her 9-month-old daughter and property in a fire incident which she barely survives herself. The traumatic experience sends her into depression but with the support of women across different generations, who have been through suc...
2022 World Book Day: 243 Public School Libraries Digitalised

2022 World Book Day: 243 Public School Libraries Digitalised

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...As stakeholders call for improved reading culture. Students in Lagos State have been enjoined to make reading a continuous exercise if they desire to solve future leadership challenges, just as 243 Public School Libraries have been digitalized across the State. This was revealed by  the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Barrister Tokunbo Philip Wahab at the celebration of the Year 2022 World Book Day by the Office of the Special Adviser on Education(OSAE) in collaboration with the Lagos State Library Board with the theme: "You're a Reader" In his remarks, Barrister Tokunbo Philip Wahab represented by the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Special Adviser on Education (OSAE), Mr. Adeniran Waheed Kasali harped on the importance of reading.  He said " The World Boo...
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