Arts

WE MUST AGE WHILE THEY GROW!

August 15, 2024

By Toyin Falola As the sailor of time paddles away The soft and heavy breeze from the running tides The whistling of the deep And the splashes of the bow’s

Why I sing in Yoruba, by Asake

August 13, 2024

Ace Afrobeat music star, Ahmed Ololade, aka, Asake, says he feels more ‘comfortable’ expressing himself in Yoruba in his songs. The ‘Mr Money With The Vibes’ crooner said this during

By Bimbo Esho Cerebral, charismatic, handsome, humorous, jovial, polished, refined, smooth, suave, urbane, trailblazer etc. are words that best describe you dad. When the history of Music, especially regarding our

The rain of life

August 5, 2024

We are victims of evil customs – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (A review of Sunny Eze’s If the Rain Comes, Kraft Books) By Olayinka Oyegbile Society has from time immemorial been

MUSINGS FROM HOMELAND

August 5, 2024

By Prince Dotun OyeladeFor anyone who grew up in Ogbomoso in the fourties and the fifties as I did and rascally enough to have the effrontery passing through the dog-infested

Reflections on Onyeka Onwenu, the “Elegant Stallion”

July 31, 2024

One of Nigeria’s music icons, Onyeka Onwenu died on July 30, 2024, after a concert in Lagos. Jebose Azuka, one of the leading entertainment writers of the eighties writes a

River Gods, River Ports, War Canoes and Regattas: Humans and Water Bodies in Historical Time and Space.

July 29, 2024

By Yakubu A. Ochefu Introduction Water bodies like rivers, lakes, and oceans, have played indispensable roles in human history, serving as sources of sustenance, trade routes, and symbols of spiritual

The River Benue: Nigeria and its National Development

July 29, 2024

By Toyin Falola I offer this piece on the occasion of the outstanding initiative by Benue State University, which is organizing a major conference on African rivers between July 28th

Oronsaye Report: Filmmakers appeal against proposed wind-down of NFVCB

July 25, 2024

Stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry have appealed to the Federal Government not to wind down the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) as it begins implementation of Oronsaye

First Bank unveils ‘Giant in You’ campaign

July 19, 2024

The First Bank has hit the airwaves with various visuals heralding its ne campaign called ‘The Giant in You’. In the new campaign with the key message of ‘there is

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