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Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers clad in pink, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in black leggings, a white turtleneck and poise beyond his years. His parents in Lagos, Nigeria’s teeming lagoon city, wanted him to become a priest.…
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu believes Nigeria has not gotten to its peak yet, amid the increasing number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this on Friday during his…
As the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Oscar N. Onyema is a member of Nigeria’s elite group. Give it to the boss of Nigeria’s main bourse; he’s like a real catch, the kind of guy his…
A summit to explore and review the cultural relationship between the Igbo and the Jews will hold soon. The summit which has as its theme: “Harnessing the Economic Gains of Socio- Cultural Affinity between the Igbos and Hebrews,” is expected…
“To give people the opportunity to tell their stories in their own language,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told the crowd Friday at the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony, “is to give them their dignity.” The award-winning author of…
A painting by the late Igbo master painter and sculptor Ben Enwonwu this week sold for £1.1m ($1.4m) at an auction in the British capital, London. The painting, simply titled “Christine”, is of Christine Davis, an American hairstylist who moved…
A painting by the artist considered to be the father of Nigerian modernism has been bought for $1.4m (£1.1m) at an auction in London after the owners googled the artist’s signature. Ben Enwonwu’s “Christine”, painted in 1971 in Lagos, Nigeria,…
Ofala Festival is an annual ceremony practiced by Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. This colorful cultural festival is held at the palace of the Obi (traditional ruler). It’s a celebration of the authority and legitimacy of the ruler and it…
The New Yam Festival is an integral part of Igbo culture and tradition, where yam is regarded as the king of all crops. The festival marks the time of harvest and the beginning of a new planting season, usually between…
It’s that time of year again where Christmas beauty launches are coming at us thick and fast, and one of the most anticipated reveals has been Rihanna’s make-up line, Fenty Beauty. But the wait is over as the brand has…