(Paper delivered at the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations(NIPR) on June 19, 2019) I want to thank the Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations for giving me…
Getty Images and APO Group announce strategic partnership to support companies in Africa and the Middle East
The strategic partnership – the first of its kind in Africa and the Middle East – brings together two leading players in their respective fields providing customers with powerful turnkey solutions. Getty Images (www.GettyImages.com), a world leader in visual communications,…
Iké Udé’s Africa Magic and the Idealization of Nollywood – Toni Kan
Every age has its chronicles, every era its historians. Sometimes, what they capture is history told in a hurry, with events and defining moments captured in the gush. Sometimes it is introspection, with the passage of time, providing both perspective…
On Ernest Ogunyemi and the ANA /NECO Teen Author Prize 2018 – Denja Abdullahi
Some well-meaning writers on twitter like Kola Tubosun , Chuma Nwokolo and Umar Yogiza called me this morning to draw my attention to the complaint of Ernest Ogunyemi on twitter against ANA over his unpaid prize money of N100,000 for…
about my money-less win, and the lessons I am learning – Ernest O. Ogunyemi
a few months ago, I had a WhatsApp chat with the brilliant Michael Akuchie, a new poet, where we talked about how our works are basically influenced by the West, even without us being conscious of it at all, because…
When albinos rule: Challenging assumptions with White Ebony – Toni Kan
Yetunde Babaeko’s solo exhibition, White Ebony, curated by the inimitable Sandra Obiago opened on Saturday April 25, 2019 at Temple Muse, Lagos. Comprised of 20 photographs, the show which runs for two months focuses on albinos and albinism. According to…
Runtown needs to get over ‘Mad Over You’ – Dami Ajayi
Four years and a slew of singles after his debut album, Ghetto University, Runtown has returned with a placeholder for his sophomore, a six-track extended play album which he calls Tradition. How unoriginal a name, one is wont to ask.…
The Delivery Boy is a bold, timely and important film – Toni Kan
Movie title: The Delivery Boy Starring: Jamal Ibrahim, Jemima Osunde, Charles Etubiebi, Jude Chukwuka, Chris Iheuwa and Kehinde Fasuyi Director: Adekunle Nodash Adejuyigbe Year of release: 2019 The trope of the Mephistophelian criminal mastermind is a well-worn one from the…
Trade Ban: Huawei speaks on Trump’s executive order and Google
Huawei Nigeria has finally released an official statement on the current suspension of some business by Google following an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump. The United States President, Donald Trump, issued an executive order which aims to…
Please contact us if you see this girl
The young woman you are looking at is 17 years old Victoria Murray and she has been missing for over 2 weeks now. A student of Child College, Ikoyi, Lagos, she boarded a bus from home enroute school and disappeared.…