WHAT DO WE DO NOW, BECOME NIGERIANS? Come, let me take you back to 1970, just nine months after the Nigerian Civil War had ended. Far away from Nigeria, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was living in exile. For months, he had remained largely silent. Then, according to this remarkable FLAMINGO magazine interview,…
By Chris Onuoha Affinity Gallery, based in Lagos has been intentionally consistent in bringing together, an assemblage of young, curious and creative minds in what one would describe as a collage of vibrant minds. Since inception, the art house has tried to maintain that niche that singles unique creatives with wild, thought provoking and philosophically…
…as AVRS mourns. By Chris Onuoha Nigeria’s famous screen icon and one of the respected personality in the movie industry, Oludotun Baiyewun Jacobs, popularly known as “Olu Jacobs” has made a glorious transition from mother earth after a long battle with ill-health. The screen giant whose acting career span for decades with an impeccable demeanor…
By Ifeanyi Onuoha Long before he occupied the ancient throne of Benin as His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, he was known simply as Prince Eheneden Erediauwa. A rare photograph from the 1990s offers a glimpse of the man before his royal coronation, at a time when he had already…
His Imperial Majesty Oba (Dr) Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja, Arusa 1, the Olubadan of Ibadan will headline the famous cultural festival of the Erinmo people in Osun State, called “Agidanyin Founder’s Day Festival” in Erinmo-Ijesa kingdom. The historically imbued royal festival held annually in Erinmo land to celebrate and pay homage to ancestors and descendants of…
