THE death, yesterday, of Christy Essien Igbokwe, notable musician, former Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN, president and famous actress added yet, another blow to the number of deaths that are witnessed in the culture and entertainment clime in recent time.

Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Plc, Mr. Tayo Aderinokun is dead, but his works and achievement are being remembered by friends, associates and admirers. Aderinokun, who had been on medical leave, passed on, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, in the United Kingdom.

Lekan Owoduni is the CEO of Lekow Associated Services Limited, an International Freight Forwarder and Logistics Solutions Service Provider. His passion for the kids has led him into establishing Strong Tower Academy in Ikorodu, Lagos. According to him, “…we are preparing the younger ones for real life. We look at the future and prepare them according to what would be relevant in the future.” He is our role model this week.

Born at Iperu-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria on March 18, 1935. Prof. Olusegun Olusola attended the Roman Catholic School, Wesley School, Iperu and the Remo Secondary School, Sagamu respectively.

Ufuoma Emerhor is the founder Fair Life AfricaFoundation, a non-governmental organisation with an initiative for street kids.

TO millions of Nigerians, Dr. Tai Ikomi’s name may no longer ring a bell. Her father is late, but her mother, a foremost Abeokuta-born educationist is still alive. She is 91 years old.

Humans are visual creatures. We devour graphic information to feed our senses, and most of the times we enjoy it. Lately, videos, photographs and illustrations full of shock values are flooding the globe. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then buckle up.

BY MCPHILIPS NWACHUKWU PENULTIMATE Saturday, the nation’s capital city of Abuja was agog with  activities as residents of the city witnessed another round of the five year old Abuja Carnival. That day the carnival routes which started from Moshood Abiola way in Garki area through Eagle Square. Abuja was a beauty to behold as carnival […]

Segun Adefila is the Creative Director of Lagos based theater interventionist group, Crown Troupe of Nigeria. The group comprising mainly of young and unemployed graduate artists, have through their very positive activities defined a new performance streak that passes unnoticed in the dense Lagos competitive culture and performance environmen

He also lampooned those suggesting that the Atlas Cove Jetty bombing carried out by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) was an assault on the Yoruba nation just as he commended Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State for not turning the attack into a tribal issue.

It was a two-week of intense activities as Nigerian artists, writers and political activists, including, governors trooped out to honour the Nobel Prize laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.

By Godfrey Bivbere When Lt. Commander Tanko Ibrahim finished preparing for work that fateful morning and bid his  family goodbye as he drove out of his Close B, House 9, Navy Town Ojo residence, little did he know what danger awaited him. He had decided to visit some of the boys working for him around […]