The three motion picture practitioner recipients of the 2008 National Honours Awards, Dr. Yemi Farounbi (OON) Wale Adenuga (MFR) and Lari Williams (MFR), have commended the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) for the various efforts in taking the industry to the next level as well as bringing it to international standard.
After the weeklong event of jazz activities in Nigeria, there are indications in entertainment circles that the jazz genre of music is set to compete favourably in the Nigerian music industry. Organised by the jazz oriented company, Inspiro Productions under the tutelage of Ayo Sadare, the event, according to jazz music lovers, is one of its kind in the Nigeria music scene.
For stakeholders in the film industry, the just-concluded 7th Lagos International Film Festival (LIFF) in Lagos was a ground-breaking event.
Thousands of youths on Saturday participated in the first cultural carnival in Benue State as they formed a procession that marched along the major roads in Makurdi to the thrill of spectators.
The Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP) has been adjudged the biggest and foremost association in the country with no fewer than 30,000 members.
SUNGURA music outfit, R&K African Sounds, who have been quiet for close to four years, are mulling a comeback.
Organisers of what has been dubbed Africa’s biggest street party would be giving themselves a pat on the back as the 2008 edition of Carnival Calabar recorded an unprecedented turn out of both participants and road side onlookers.The promotional messages from the office of Cross River State Tourism Bureau and the state Carnival Commission had estimated about 3 million participants but record of attendance on December 27th when the main carnival got underway went beyond and above the estimate.
THE sound of James Blunt’s Tears and Rain saturates the Touch FM on-air studios as I walk in to them at 11:22am on Wednesday. Seated behind the mixing console is Malcolm Muyinda, intent on the clock hanging from the wall right ahead of him.
Kigali City plans to build an art wall on the main road from SOPETRAD to downtown Kigali before the end of this year after a thirteen-month delay due to other plans to expand the road, city officials have revealed.
CHILDREN, it was all concerts as the year ended. For Taibah Junior School, parents were treated to a wonderful show during the school’s end of year cultural gala and primary seven leavers’ party.
