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Trish Lorenz, British Journalist and author of the book, “Soro Soke: The Young Disruptors Of An African MegaCity”

#EndSARS: How Nigerians forced British author to retract claim on ‘Soro Soke’

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Soro Soke' is a phrase of Yoruba origin meaning 'speak out' or 'speak louder.' And it gained prominence, becoming a…
Okey Ndibe reading an excerpt from Arrows of Rain

Deborah: Atiku lost a great opportunity – Okey Ndibe

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Deborah was lynched and burnt by Muslim fanatics who had accused her of blasphemy on Thursday 12 May, 2022.
Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God

Arrow of God, others chosen for The Big Jubilee Read

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The Big Jubilee Read spearheaded by BBC Arts and The Reading Agency celebrates great reads from across the Commonwealth, to…
Montage for the Earl Lovelace Short Fiction Prize

Short fiction prize in honour of Earl Lovelace debuts

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Entries for the Earl Lovelace Short Fiction Prize will open on 11th, April, 2022.
Chimamanda Adichie

Chimamanda to release new book

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Chimamanda wrote Mama’s Sleeping Scarf for her daughter, who was three years old at the time. The story, energetic and…
Idunma and other winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize

Nigerian writer Iduma among winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Other winners of 2022 Windham-Campbell Prize include Pulitzer prize-winning Margo Jefferson, the trailblazing playwright Winsome Pinnock, and PEN Pinter prize-winning…
Obari Gomba wins 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature, carts home $100,000

Obari Gomba wins 2022 PAWA Poetry Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Gomba was announced as the winner after beating other five shortlisted Nigerians in a virtual ceremony on 3 March 2022.
The cast of Fix Politics

‘Fix Politics’ movie challenges Nigerians on 2023 election

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Nehru Odeh When popular spoken word and performance artist Dike Chukwumerije published his poem, Fix the Politics, in 2020,…
Award-winning Nigerian writer Onyeka Nwelue

How Soyinka influenced my writing career – Onyeka Nwelue

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Onyeka Nwelue, currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford instituted the annual James Currey Prize for the best-unpublished…
Linda Enakeme Ofukeme Dominguez: The Voyage of a Change Agent

Linda Enakeme Ofukeme Dominguez: The Voyage of a Change Agent

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

By Preye Campbell Linda Enakeme Ofukeme Dominguez, (also known as Naijalife or Senora K) was born in November 1981 in…

1957: How Nnamdi Azikiwe Helped Sidney Poitier in Enugu

Ademola Adegbamigbe

4 years ago

Sidney Poitier, the Black Hollywood legend who died on Thursday 6 January 2022  visited Enugu in 1957 for a movie,…
Sidney Poitier

The amazing life of Sidney Poitier, the first black Hollywood star

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The youngest of seven children, Sidney Poitier was born several months premature on 20 February 1927. He was so tiny…
Mrs Uzamat Akinbule-Yusuf, Lagos Commissioner of Tourism, Arts and Culture, alongside the Permanent Secretary, Princess Adenike Adedoyin-Ajayi and Director of Theatre, Mr Odusote handing over the management of the Glover hall to Joke Silva of Lufodo Group

Lufodo Group takes over management of Glover Memorial Hall

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Lufodo Group takes over the management of Glover Memorial Hall after winning the bid for the concession of the iconic…
Benin artefacts

Over 1,500 Nigerian artefacts will be retrieved in 2022 – DG NCMM

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

The largest number to be retrieved in 2022 will be from Germany where 1,030 Nigerian artefacts are expected to be…
American best selling writer, Joan Didion

How American writer Joan Didion wrote bestseller at 70 after losing husband

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Joan Didion was a writer who turned adversity into prosperity, who turned misfortune into fortune. She sure, as they say,…
Olalekan Kelani unveils innovative approach to virtual art

Olalekan Kelani unveils innovative approach to virtual art at 2021 End of the Year Virtual Exhibition

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

By Benson Michael The End of the Year Virtual Exhibition, held from August 16 to August 30, 2021, was a…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o writes an open letter to President William Ruto

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o not dead -Son

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

“Just got off the phone with pops @NgugiWaThingo … and he is doing well. We shared a good laugh about…
International Human Rights Art Festival Organizers shortlist nine top entries for International Human Rights Playwriting Competition

Shortlist for African Human Rights Playwriting Prize announced

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The competition is aimed at elevating public consciousness and understanding of human rights values through plays in order to guarantee…
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Professor of Law, Babcock University: wins 2021 NNLG Nigeria Prize for Literature for her novel, The Son of the House.

Why Onyemelukwe won $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Onyemelukwe’s novel beats The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare and Colours of Hatred by Obinna Udenwe to…
(Front): Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (4th right); his wife, Mrs. Betsy (3rd right); Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu (middle); widow of Sir Victor Uwaifo; Mrs. Osaretin Uwaifo; (4th left), with other members of Uwaifo’s family, at the lying-in state for late Uwaifo, in Benin City, on Friday, October 15, 2021.

Obaseki names Edo Creative Hub after Victor Uwaifo

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Obaseki noted that the hub will “promote creativity in Edo.
Yusuf Adebayo Grillo veteran artist who died at 86

Veteran artist Yusuf Grillo died of COVID-19, son reveals

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

The younger Grillo revealed this to the Society of Nigerian Artists, which issued a tribute in Grillo's honour.
Soyinka attending PEN America Gala for Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Soyinka billed for PEN America event to honour Louis Gates Jr.

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka will be attending the 5 October PEN America literary gala, to present an award to…
The advert for the essay competition

Shortlist in African Human Rights Essay Competition today, 20 make longlist

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

The shortlist of essayists participating in the African Human Rights Essay Competition will be announced today, 28 April, the organisers…
Segun Adefila: says new opera, Dis Loyal Judas was not to celebrate Judas, but to stir up a conversation and question the answers.

My new opera, ‘Dis Loyal Judas’ not a celebration of Judas – Segun Adefila

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Dis Loyal Judas speaks to the relationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot and tends to subvert the narrative that…

Amanda Gorman: The story of the poet who stole the show at Biden’s inauguration

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh She represents all that America stands for. A young black skinny girl, she had always dreamt of…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Why Chimamanda is in ‘demand’ everywhere

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Her fans can’t get enough of her. Aside from her books selling like hot cakes across the…

Chinua Achebe’s African trilogy for television

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Things Fall Apart, classic Chinua Achebe published in 1958 is to be adapted for television. But Achebe’s…

INTERVIEW: My life as a female drummer – Ara

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

  As her name implies, Ara is a wonder on stage. Born Aralola Olumuyiwa, she is the foremost female drummer…

Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Douglas Stuart, a 44-year-old Scotish-American clinches 2020 Man Booker Prize with his debut novel, Shuggie Bain.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie releases new book (Read excerpt)

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Multiple award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has just released her first book in over seven years today…
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