Lovers of engaging and entertaining performance poetry have another promising date with seasoned poet, Akeem Lasisi, on Wednesday, 9th April as he will be releasing another video titled Jantolo Revisited. It is a stylish reshoot of an earlier piece tagged, Jantolo, a track in the fifth album of the acclaimed chanter. Shot in Ibadan and Lagos, Jantolo Revisited features TikTok …

As Thespians globally marked the World Theatre Day on Wednesday, 27th March, the Lagos State Government again renewed its interest in the growth of the creative sector. This it did when it powered a performance feast that featured some of the most engaging theatre troupes domiciled in the state. The event, which held at the Mike Adenuga Centre (Alliance Francaise), …

The Lagos International Festival of Animation (LIFANIMA) is thrilled to announce the opening of its 2024 call for entries, inviting animators from around the globe to submit their works to the festival. As the premier animation film festival in Nigeria, LIFANIMA aims to showcase the diversity, creativity, and innovation within the world of animation. Established and emerging animators alike are …

Mr. Bayo Omoboriowo, ex-official photographer of former President Muhammadu Buhari, has narrated how he got an appointment to be his cameraman without knowing any bigwig in his political circle. Omoboriowo, who is also the founder of MadHouse by Tikera, made this known in an interview with Channels Television on Monday. He noted that his talent as a creative and freelance …

A cyber-security specialist, Mr. Chidiebere Ihediwa has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)to devise methods of re-orientating arrested educated online fraudsters (well known as Yahoo Boys) to become information technology specialists. According to him, this strategy is better, rather than allowing them to languish in detention or undergo destructive dissolution. Ihediwa, also a renowned software developer, made the …

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to empower Nigerian youths with quality education, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has launched a creative writing competition for secondary school students dubbed ‘Read2Lead’. At the end of the three-stage competition, the star prize winner would go home with N2 million cash, a book publishing deal worth N2 million and …

A film producer, Tolulope Oke has decried the threats and hazards to human lives as a result of environmental pollution. Oke stated that environmental pollution through the use of pesticides has become an anomaly and it is dangerous to human existence. She said that there should be a growing awareness of evidence that chemicals from pesticides pose serious health hazards …

The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musawa has congratulated the 11 newly appointed heads of agencies under the ministry and charged them to show diligence, patriotism and professionalism in line of duty. President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, appointed Directors General of agencies under the ministry. Prominent appointees in the list included popular music producer, Obi Asika …

President Bola Tinubu has celebrated the ingenuity, creativity, and immense artistic talents of Nigeria’s thriving entertainment industry. In a message on Friday by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President congratulated Funke Akindele on her record-setting film and commended the ace thespian for her contributions to the growth of the industry. Akindele’s blockbuster, A Tribe Called Judah, broke a box office …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for synergy between government, industry, the academia and civil society to build a future where the digital heartbeat of Lagos would resonate across the globe. At the opening ceremony of the Art of Technology (AOT) Lagos 5.0 conference themed, ‘The Creative Economy and a Digital Lagos’, held on Thursday at Landmark Event …