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British Airways boots off 135 economy class Nigerian passengers on a single f...
SOURCE: http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.comOn the 27th of March 2008, 137 passengers boarded flight BA075 bound for Lagos, Nigeria. On this same flight, the British Immigration Authorities were deporting a male...Peace Anyiam Fiberesima speaks candidly about Nollywood, cinema biz in Africa...
"I think this year AMAA’s award is a reflection of the statement you’ve made. There are two sides of Nigerian movie industry today.There are those that still see it as a commercial business, by selling empty CDs with something on it, and then those of us...Religious police burn down theatre that supposedly held "lesbian wedding,"
Aunty Maiduguri and the four other women went into hiding after religious police issued warrants against them. Four of the five women involved are now in hiding. All five women are believed to be film...Hypocrisy is killing art in Nigeria
Says Nigerian collector in Lagos, "To a large extent, Nigerians don’t appreciate art again. There is a problem of religious hypocrisy. You find people that are well educated throwing away works of art under the pretext that they are demonic. The second problem is...SOYINKA DOES IT WITH NEW LIT PRIZE
"THE maiden edition of Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, is slated to take place on August 5 in a soon to be announced venue in Lagos. The $20,000 prize money is meant to be clinched by a book written by...
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OPERATION FIGHTBACK INC. calls for artist aurvey
Artspace Projects, a national, nonprofit organization and El Barrio's Operation Fightback write: Dear Colleague: We need your help! To be more specific, we need your thoughts and opinions. Artspace Projects, a...1297 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Driver Vanishes With Pricey Artwork
The suspect, who stands at 6-foot-9, should “stick out in a crowd”, according to the detective.652 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
NEW YORK, NEW YORK --> ART KIDS LEFT ALONE AT LAST (COURT RULES AGAINST GRAFF...
NEW YORK, June 8, 2006—A federal appeals court today blocked New York City from enforcing part of an anti-graffiti law that prevented people between the ages of 18 and 21 from buying spray paint and broad-tipped...1143 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Three die in Guantanamo Bay hunger strike-->US believe deaths are not acts of...
US Army sees the suicides as "an act of ... warfare waged against us." These three deaths are the first reported deaths at the detention centre for suspected terrorists. There have been 34 suicide attempts since...
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WORTH REPEATING:
“The financial stakes for young artists living in New York, especially with MFA debt, is higher than it’s ever been... That reality causes two things: a greater necessity for delusions of grandeur—this...1394 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
BONNIE GREER GIVES THE LOWDOWN ON BRITISH THEATRE...
The director Jonathan Meth, who heads the playwrights' organisation, writernet, says Britian is "training people for a future theatre which doesn't yet exist. This is as it should be." He cites a quotation from the...786 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
"World Happiness Survey" puts Nigeria at the top of the league table of happi...
ARE THE socalled HAPPY ONES really that "HAPPY"? -have your say here. QUOTED FROM BBC NEWS: "What makes a happy society? Why has more money not made people happier? People in Japan and the Western world are no...
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HALF-JAPANESE ETHNICITY DENIES MAN HIS RIGHT TO ASYLUM
" A Papuan man's application for asylum has been delayed by inquiries into his half-Japanese ethnicity, a court has been told. The 29-year-old independence activist is the only one of the 43 refugees who arrived in a traditional canoe on Cape York Peninsula in January, to...324 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
Nigeria: Customs Returns Charles Taylor's Seized Luggage
Nigeria: Customs Returns Charles Taylor's Seized Luggage ORIGINAL STORY AT: http://allafrica.com/stories/200604280101.html This Day (Lagos) April 28, 2006 Posted to the web April 28, 2006 By Amby Uneze, Calabar, Nigeria The Nigerian Customs Service Command in...
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