For his years of committed and selfless service to the creative industry sector of the Republic of Benin, Nigeria’s artiste and businessman, Teju Kareem, reaped reward on Wednesday, December 4 in Porto Novo, the Republic’s prime cultural city. Alongside eight other recipients, the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of ZMirage Multimedia Company, was conferred with […]
Category: Art Culture
Forty-four years after its establishment, the Federal Government, on Sunday, handed over the National Arts Theatre in Lagos State to the private sector for a complete revamp and modernisation. The national heritage, sitting on an expansive land in Iganmu area of Lagos, became an eyesore, following years of facility deterioration occasioned by mismanagement and non-maintenance. […]
The Osun Grove is a protected forested area By Olajide Idowu About 121,000 people visit the Osun-Osogbo Grove annually for the Osun festival, Mr Makinde Williams, the Deputy Director (Research), National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), has said. Mr Williams, who is also the Curator of Osun-Osogbo Grove, disclosed this on Thursday in Osogbo […]
Olusanya, Former CEO of 9mobile In a bid to select the best of entries for its Photography competition while creating excitement amongst photography enthusiasts, award-winning telecommunication company, 9mobile, has opened its portal to enable interested Nigerians cast their votes online for the winner of the ‘Voters’ Choice’ category, of the competition’s 2018 edition. The online […]
Africa’s brightest artistic talents have been awarded today at the inaugural Boma of Africa Festival, spearheaded by the African Union Commission and the AfroChampions Initiative. In celebration of today’s first-ever Africa Integration Day, creatives and artists were invited to participate in a Creative Challenge to explore and celebrate the journey towards Africa’s future, through a […]
By Peterson Ibi/Benin The Director-General of National Council of Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe on Monday affirmed that Nigerians have no reason not to live together. Runsewe made the remark in Benin, Edo State, during the opening ceremony of the 2019 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST). The festival has as its theme: […]
Friends of Kunle Ajibade and other well wishers are holding a one-day Colloquium at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Wednesday May 30 to celebrate his 60th birthday. This would be followed by a Cultural Evening/Poetry Reading at the Freedom Park to start by 5:30p.m. on the same day. Ajibade, a renowned journalist and author, who has functioned as […]
Legendary designer and fashion icon Pierre Cardin has passed away at 98 on Tuesday, his family confirmed to AFP. He passed away in a hospital in Neuilly, outside Paris. The designer was born as Pietro Constante Cardin in Italy in 1924. His family soon relocated to France to escape Mussolini’s fascist regime. Cardin rose to […]
By Peterson Ibi The Edo State Government is collaborating with the National Commission for Museum and Monument (NCMM) to create a dynamic cultural hub in the state with the development of the Edo Museum of West Africa Arts (EMOWAA). Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this while receiving the Director General of the NCMM, Prof. Abba Isa […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States, has said it will return two Benin Bronze from its collection to its place of origin, further boosting the prospects of American museums to repatriate looted art pieces to the Governor Godwin Obaseki-backed Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA). The two works to […]