Art and Culture
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Lagos Fanti Carnival returns to celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage, Lagos Island culture
On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025, the Lagos Fanti Carnival returns, bringing the streets of Lagos to life with a…
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Scarlett Johansson to star at Cannes as festival unveils line-up
Scarlett Johansson is set to star on-screen and behind the camera at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, organisers said Thursday…
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46th Alaafin of Oyo: Tasks before Oba Akeem Owoade
IBADAN— TAKING cognizance of the power, candour and influence that the late Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi…
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Durbar ban: Sanusi abandons horses, drives in vehicle to pay Sallah homage
KANO — In the face of a ban on all Sallah Durbar activities in Kano State, the 16th Emir of…
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Ivorian painter Aboudia takes teen rebellion to top of the art world
With his paintings of Ivory Coast’s street kids, Aboudia has taken his teenage misfit mutiny to the very top, becoming…
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MOFI partners Culture Ministry to drive monetization of Nigeria’s cultural assets
Nigeria’s Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy has partnered with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, MOFI, to unlock…
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Georgia O’Keeffe dies
Georgia O’Keeffe, the artist who gained worldwide fame for her austere minimalist paintings of the American southwest, dies in Santa…
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OAU to immortalise staff killed by lion
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was…
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Netherlands to return ‘Benin Bronzes’ to Nigeria
The Netherlands said Wednesday it was returning more than 100 “Benin Bronzes” to Nigeria that British troops looted in the…
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Africans must write more biographies of leaders — PAWA Secretary-General Okediran
Dr. Wale Okediran, a Nigerian author and Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), has called for greater efforts…
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