Creative Industry

TAPP Shortlists 5 Students For Final Playwriting Prize

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6 years ago

August 19, 2020

Joel Ajayi

The organizer of The Arojah Students Playwriting TAPP 2020 has shortlisted 5 universities Student across the country for the Final of the maiden edition TAPP 2020

In a statement signed by the Prize Administrator Paul Liam on Wednesday in Abuja saying Winners will be announced in October.

The names of the student and the institution includes; Bayowa Ayomide (University of Toronto): Recyclable Chairs; Ojo Joshua Miracle (Obafemi Awolowo University): Justice: A Mirage; Ojo Olumide Emmanuel (ABU Zaria): Headless Sacrifice; Omowunmi Damilola Osuolale (University of Ibadan): A Tale Told by Idiots and Yusuf Abdulkadir (ABU Zaria): The Just Cause.

According to the statement, following up on the long list, released on August 1, 2020, we are pleased to announce the shortlist for the maiden edition of The Arojah Student’s Playwriting Prize (TAPP 2020). They are (in alphabetical order):

“To provide exposure for the shortlisted playwrights, a play reading session would be organized for them on Saturday, September 5, 2020; to enable them to engage with the literary community.

“And to further horn their playwriting skill, the top 30 playwrights from this competition will participate in an online Playwriting Masterclass (Playwriting and Creative Process) with Makinde Adeniran and UK based, Rob Wilson on Saturday, September 19.

“This maiden edition of the prize was adjudicated by the Head of Theatre and Performing Arts, Bayero University, Kano; Ola Ifatimehin, Ph.D.; award-winning playwright, literary critic and legal practitioner, Isaac Attah Ogezi and Korean based playwright, scholar and communication consultant, Okeke Izuchukwu Job.

This year’s competition is focused on Transparency, Governance, Anti-Corruption, and Culture of Accountability.

The initiative is supported by MacArthur Foundation and CITAD and by endorsed by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) while powered by Arojah Royal Theatre and the International Centre for Creative and Performing Arts (ICCPA).

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FG Backs MyCityApp Launch of 100-Day Tourism Calendar to Drive $100bn Economic Growth

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2 weeks ago

September 15, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Federal Government has thrown its weight behind the launch of MyCityApp, a Nigerian city discovery and tourism platform designed to aggregate festivals, concerts, cultural events and lifestyle experiences into a single digital calendar.

The platform, which flags off the 100-Day Tourism Calendar, was unveiled on Monday at the Ember2Remember National Stakeholders’ Conference in Victoria Island, Lagos, with the initiative targeting Nigeria’s estimated $100 billion tourism and creative economy opportunity.

In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Media and Publicity Adviser to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the ministry said the conference was aimed at mobilising public and private stakeholders to transform the September-to-December festive period into jobs, investment and economic growth.

Speaking at the unveiling, the Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, said millions of visitors travel across Nigeria every year to celebrate, reconnect and experience the country’s diverse culture, stressing that the festive season could be deliberately organised and monetised to strengthen tourism’s contribution to the economy.

“This initiative is about moving beyond the traditional concept of a festive season. It is about deliberately organising, packaging, promoting, and monetising one of the most economically active periods in our national calendar,” Musawa said.

She noted that every visitor generates economic activity across several sectors, including aviation, transportation, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment, retail, technology, artisans and local communities.

The Minister commended MyCityApp Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Chukwu, for her vision and commitment to the initiative.

She urged state governments, event organisers, tourism operators, hospitality businesses and other stakeholders to list their festivals, concerts, exhibitions, food experiences, cultural celebrations, fashion and sporting events on the national calendar.

Musawa said the platform would enable Nigerians, members of the diaspora and international visitors to discover tourism and entertainment experiences across the country from a single, credible source.

Earlier, Chukwu said Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and creative sector provided enormous opportunities for tourism-driven economic growth.

She cited the contributions of tourism to the economies of countries such as Spain, France and the United States, arguing that Nigeria could equally build a $100 billion tourism economy.

Also present were Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Toke Benson-Awoyinka; Enugu State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke; NCAC Director-General, Obi Asika; National Gallery of Art Director-General, Ahmed Sodangi; ARCON Director-General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo; and MTN Nigeria CEO, Dr Karl Toriola.

MyLagosApp and MyCityApp will serve as the digital engines of the calendar, distributing events through a 360-degree media ecosystem to audiences in Nigeria and the diaspora.

Stakeholders were encouraged to upload their events on MyCityApp to participate in the national tourism calendar urging them to upload events on http://www.MyCityApp.io.

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