Showing posts with label Kaduna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kaduna. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Yusuf Grillo, the Pablo Picasso of Africa Has Passed On

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Yusuf Grillo Has Passed On

The Pablo Picasso of Africa.
One of the greatest artists of all time alongside my mentor, Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya who is still walking upright and working in his Art Studios at over 88 years.
Grillo was one of the great revolutionary artists of the famous "Zaria Rebels" of the Zaria Art Society of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology in Zaria that later became the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Kaduna State of northern Nigeria. 

The "Zaria Rebels" led by Uche Okeke, the proponent of the Igbo Uli art in contemporary modern art included included Onobrakpeya, Demas Nwoko, Simon Okeke, Jimoh Akolo, Oseloka Osadebe and Emmanuel Odita. Like Grillo, they were all iconic artists of outstanding genius.

Farewell to the Great Grillo.

Born1934
Brazilian Quarters of Lagos, Nigeria
Passed On23 August 2021 (aged 86)

Monday, January 25, 2010

Nigeria: Fears of Reprisal Attacks Loom in Northern Nigeria

Nigeria: Fears of Reprisal Attacks Loom in Northern Nigeria

The fears of reprisal attacks are rife in northern Nigeria after the gruesome religious mayhem in Jos and other parts of Plateau state left hundreds dead, with scores of corpses dumped in wells and toilet pits. Intolerant religious fanatics are using cell phones and other means of private communication to instigate members of their sects to mobilize for reprisal attacks to avenge the deaths of those they lost. The law enforcement agencies have been alerted and warning everyone in the middle belt and northern states to beware of Islamists who are already planning to launch widespread attacks on non-Muslims.

Unidentified men armed with guns and other weapons were arrested and detained Saturday night in Kaduna by the Nigeria Air Force.
Police officers of the Operation Yaki in Kaduna state are patrolling towns and villages to ensure the security of lives and properties.

Many indigenes of Abia, Bayelsa, Edo and other Southern states are already leaving the northern states for the safe havens of their hometowns. Some private schools in Borno and Yobe states turned back pupils, because they cannot guarantee their safety in the tensed atmosphere of insecurity.


Friday, September 11, 2009

The 10 Most Expensive Cities in Nigeria


Picture of the Civic Centre in Lagos at night. Photograph by Grace Bernard, 2009.

The 10 Most Expensive Cities in Nigeria

The mega city of Lagos tops the list of the most expensive cities in Nigeria, because of the high cost of living in the commercial capital of the most populous country in Africa. Lagos is followed by Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. and Port Harcourt, the oil rich capital of Rivers State.

What makes Lagos and the other capital cities expensive are the exorbitant rents for accommodation, overpriced real estate, expensive hotels and inflation caused by the daily influx of both local and international migrants and expatriates.


The Eko Hotel and Suites on Victoria Island, Lagos.

Lagos, the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa, can boast of several exotic beaches and five star hotels and ritzy night life charged by the hottest music stars like King Sunny Adé, Fela Kuti the first son of the legendary king of Afrobeat Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Lagbaja, the masked one and the racy new Hip-Hop, Rap and Hip life stars like Tuface Idibia, D’bange, MI, Face, Ruggedman and many other upcoming Turks of the hyperactive Nigerian music scene and of course Lagos is the home of Nollywood, the third largest movie industry in the world. The spate of kidnappings of both foreign and local oil workers in the volatile cities of the Niger Delta drove many of them to relocate to the safe haven of Lagos where majority of the diplomatic community prefer to stay. The residents are competitive in the rat race with lusts for the luxuries of ostentatious lifestyles copied from Western nations. The hotels charge more than even many five star hotels in New York, Paris and London and renting a condo or an apartment can cost $30, 000 or more a year and buying one can cost you over a million dollars in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki.

1. Lagos
2. Abuja
3. Port Harcourt
4. Warri
5. Kaduna
6. Asaba
7. Aba
8. Owerri
9. Umuahia
10. Enugu

The most expensive cities in the world 2009 (ECA International Survey)