NGA Tasks Nigerian Youths on Creativity

Arts & CultureNGA Tasks Nigerian Youths on Creativity

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2021

ABUJA — Mr. Ebeten Ivara, Director-General of the National Gallery of Arts (NGA) has called on Nigerian youths to identify and harness their potential through their participation in visual and creative arts. Ivara gave the advice on Thursday at the 3rd Edition of the Rainbow Art Unlocking Creativity Programme organized for Primary and Secondary Schools in Abuja. The theme of the programme titled “A Cultural Perspective on the Impact of COVID-19” The News Agency of...

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Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

Arts & CultureWorld NewsNovelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

PilotnewsOctober 7, 2021

Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. “For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents,” announced the Swedish Academy this morning. The award comes with more than $1 million in prize money. Gurnah was born in 1948. He’s was previously a professor of English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England...

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Nigeria’s National Theatre @45

Arts & CultureColumnsOpinionNigeria’s National Theatre @45

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2021

…for many years; it has since sat gloomily like a bound captive awaiting saviours who would re-enact Nigeria’s story on stage for the presentation, preservation, and promotion of her culture and stir global attraction. On Thursday, 30th of September, 2021, Nigeria celebrated her military-caped edifice marking its 45 years of existence. The National Theatre of Nigeria, popularly called the NATIONAL HOME OF ENTERTAINMENT, is located in Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos State. It was set up by...

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BBNaija: Emmanual Becomes Head of House, 7 Housemates Up for Possible Eviction

EntertainmentTV & RadioBBNaija: Emmanual Becomes Head of House, 7 Housemates Up for Possible Eviction

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2021

LAGOS — Emmanuel, one of the housemates of the television reality show, Big Brother Naija, Season 6,  ‘Shine Ya Eye’ edition has won the head of house for the 7th week. This was announced by Biggie, the host of the show after the completion of the head of house challenge on Monday. Emmanuel who got the highest point during the challenge picked Liquorose as deputy head of house while Pere got the second-highest point after...

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Other side of COVID-19 ―How the lockdown unleashed my creative instincts

BooksColumnsDon OkoloOther side of COVID-19 ―How the lockdown unleashed my creative instincts

PilotnewsAugust 5, 2021

Ronald Reagan said that about himself…looking for votes from unlikely enclaves. It worked out for him…and incredibly well, too. I thought it would benefit me, if I sold myself inside the two works of art… inside the most daring adventures in fiction writing as I never thought could have originated from the vast emptiness of my mind. I had to say that, to let you know that it isn’t my place to blow this freaking...

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I brought Three Vibrators To BBNaija House, Says Housemate

EntertainmentLifestyleTV & RadioI brought Three Vibrators To BBNaija House, Says Housemate

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2021

One of the female house =mates of the ongoing reality TV show, Big Brother Naija Season Six, Saskay, has disclosed that she came to the show with three vibrators. The disclosure came after another housemate, Angel, asked if it was against the rules of the BBNaija house to have a vibrator inside. An argument ensured as her question made other housemates wonder what she would be needing a vibrator for when she has Sammie around...

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Nigeria to Receive 7000 Benin Artefacts From Germany

Arts & CultureForeign PolicyNigeria to Receive 7000 Benin Artefacts From Germany

Beloved John (Staff Writer)July 26, 2021

NEW YORK — Nigeria is expected to receive over 7,000 artifacts plundered from the Benin Kingdom. These artifacts are to be repatriated by Germany to Nigeria before October according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Permanent Secretary, Gabriel Aduda, disclosed this at the Inaugural Nigerian Cultural Show held at the Cultural Centre, Nigeria House, New York. He noted that the repatriation of the artifacts will be used to build an ultramodern museum in Edo...

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Biafra Radio Broadcaster Sacked For Refusal To Sign The Rules Of Engagement

TV & RadioBiafra Radio Broadcaster Sacked For Refusal To Sign The Rules Of Engagement

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 25, 2021

Mazi Simon Ekpa, a broadcaster with Biafra radio has been sacked for refusing to sign the rules of engagement and code of conduct guiding those broadcasting on Radio Biafra. A statement by the Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said Ekpa also failed to follow laid down rules of operation. “It has wondered why he would not like to follow the steps of other broadcasters on the platform who have since done the needful.” “The...

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Sound Sultan: Celebrate Me While I am Alive

Arts & CultureColumnsObituarySound Sultan: Celebrate Me While I am Alive

PilotnewsJuly 12, 2021

The news of the death of the veteran singer and rapper, Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi, a.k.a Sound Sultan, on the 11th of July, 2021, struck many with unexplainable sorrow. For some, it was their first time encountering his name, while it came to the knowledge of some that he suffered a rare type of cancer called Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma. Hearty comments about how wonderful the late singer was, flooded the internet. Pleasant nostalgic memories from friends...

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NBC to Stop Relying on FG Allocation – Lai Mohammed Boast

TV & RadioNBC to Stop Relying on FG Allocation – Lai Mohammed Boast

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)June 16, 2021

ABUJA — The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) will soon be self-funding and stop drawing salaries and allocations from the Federal Government. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at a public hearing on a bill to amend the NBC establishing Act. The public hearing was organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics, and Value. Mohammed was responding to the...

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