Director: Ema Edosio Film title: Kasala Year of release: 2018 Reviewer: Toni Kan Oscar winner, Antoine Fuqua, began his film career making music videos, so did Spike Jonze. Here in Nigeria, Ema Edosio has plied the same trajectory parlaying an…
Nigeria is among 92 Countries without policies on Paternity Leave – UNICEF (Independent)
Nigeria is among 92 countries with high infant populations, but do not have national policies in place which ensures new fathers get adequate paid time-off with their newborn babies, a new analysis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has shown. The…
Emem Isong’s brother, Anietie Isong, shortlisted for UK’s biggest literary prize fund
The shortlists for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards have been announced by The Society of Authors, with Nigerian writer Anietie Isong, amongst the 22 shortlisted names. The four prizes will be awarded at The Authors’ Awards…
Nigeria signs 3 agreements with Morocco
The Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco on Monday in Rabat, Morocco, signed three agreements, which includes a regional gas pipeline that will see Nigeria providing gas to countries in West Africa sub-region that extend to Morocco…
Contempt Orders: First Bank clears the air
First Bank has released a comprehensive and extensive statement four days after Honourable Justice I.N Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, granted a motion in SUIT NO: FHC/L/NRJ/1/2018 committing the Chairman and Managing Director of FirstBank of…
Funke Opeke: Woman in the room full of men
Funke Opeke’s vision to run a 7,000-kilometre undersea high capacity submarine cable from Portugal to Lagos, Nigeria seemed unachievable, downright ambitious and perhaps even ridiculous but no one and nothing could stop her from making it happen. So, today, MainOne…
Buhari vs OBJ – The Battle line is drawn – Magnus Onyibe
There is hardly any fairly educated person that’s not familiar with the wise crack: ‘He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.’ The fight that Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, (OBJ) was spoiling for via a nasty letter…
Food Crossroads features German, Nigeria cuisine
Goethe-Institut Nigeria will be holding a culinary exploration into Nigerian and German food tagged Food Crossroads on Saturday, May 12. A statement released by Head of Information and Library Services of the institute, Safurat Balogun, announcing the event said that…
Pope decries attack on Nigerian church as Christians protest killings (Punch)
Pope Francis on Sunday decried an attack on a church in Nigeria during which two priests and other worshippers were killed. Associated Press reports that the pontiff spoke on Nigeria during his remarks to the public in St. Peter’s Square.…
3 artists selected for 2018 Lagos-Berlin residencies
Goethe-Institut Nigeria has announced the selection of three artists for the Lagos-Berlin residencies initiated in 2015 to strengthen the dialogue between Germany and Nigeria. The selected artists are Ojudun Taiwo Jacob (Nigeria) and Natalia Orendain del Castillo and Jumoke Adeyanju…
