Amnesty international has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Maryam Awaisu, writer and activist who is a leading light of the #ArewaMeToo movement. The group is pursuing justice for victims of sexual violence in Nigeria. Maryam Awaisu was,…
Don Papi Chulo, better known by his other moniker, Egberipapa 1, has put out his first EP, a 9 track album lasting 29 minutes, which he calls Chulo Vibes. Coming five years after his last body of work the LP…
The umbrella body of Nigerian bloggers: The Guild Of Professional Bloggers Of Nigeria (GPBN) has condemned the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) for postponing the Presidential elections scheduled for Saturday 16th February 2019. GPBN issued the condemnation in a…
President Buhari has said he is “deeply disappointed” with INEC over the postponement of the presidential and national assembly elections. He made this known in a statement circulated today. The statement reads in full: “I am deeply disappointed that despite…
Let us go then, you and I—you, dear reader and I, into the vast discography of Juju music’s most accomplished practitioner, King Sunny Ade, for the auspicious event of fishing out his love songs. Juju music, that variant of palmwine…
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity has described former peresident Olusegun Obasanjo as a “90 year old liar.” He made the charge in a state house statement ostensibly in reply to the sixteen-page letter the…
Niran Adedokun was indeed on to something when he wrote his seminal Nollywood book – Women Calling The Shots. Our women are, indeed, calling the shots from Tope Oshin to Genevieve Nnaji and Kemi Adetiba to Ema Edosio, women directors…
Sefi Atta, award winning author of Everything Good Will Come and recently announced Caine Prize judge will be guest today at Quintessence in an evening event planned to celebrate her 55th birthday. The event will feature readings and a Q&A…
See, when I saw that girl, something told me to be careful. “Solomon, that girl is too young for you” the still small voice told me. But did I listen? Whosai. You know what they say na, “an erect penis…
Three years after her first award winning feature film, Road to Yesterday, Nollywood screen goddess, Genevieve Nnaji has returned with her sophomore feature, Lionheart starring a slew of Nollywood greats – Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu, Nkem owoh, Chika Okpala aka…
