Books

Brigitte Giraud: How a novel about husband’s death earned her France biggest literary prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Vivre Vite, a short autobiographical story, recounts the chain of events leading to the death of her husband Claude in…

Nigerian Okeke wins 2022 James Currey Prize for African Literature

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English…

Displacement and collective memory in Ifowodo’s Augusta’s Poodle

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Nehru Odeh The child is father of the man; and I could wish my days to be bound…

Salman Rushdie: The writer who hardly sleeps with two eyes closed

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Rushdie is a multiple award-winning novelist, whose fame goes beyond borders and break boundaries, even though his freedom has been…

The unbearable memory of loss in Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Dzukogi’s collection of poems, Your Crib, My Qibla is indeed a journey not just into lyrical sound but one laced…

Jonathan to chair presentation of book on 2014 National Conference

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The 633-page book titled: The National Conversation: Interests and Intrigues that shaped the 2014 National Conference was authored by two…

PDP’s Kolawole floors APC’s Oyebanji in Ward 8, Unit 1, Efon Alaye

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Bisi Kolawole, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, won in Ward 8, Unit…

Writer Dimeji Sodeke unveils new book ‘Ooni Luwo’ in four languages

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

In Ooni Luwo; One Queen, two Kings; Set in Imoleaiye, a fictional Yoruba preliterate city, the play presents the story…

#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…

Silent Journeys and Cultural Memory: A detailed review of ‘ Òde Àpẹ̀rìn ‘ by Shogo Olalekan Uthman

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Olu Ajayi is an artist and art reviewer with over 40 years experience in studio practice and art administration. He…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“Escape Mental Torture” by Tolu Meduna launched

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Tolu Meduna presents her book, Escape Mental Torture, to the public

Femi Adesina: My $1.9 billion in Minnesota bank

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Let’s have a comic diversion today from weightier matters of our national life. Because what I want to discuss can…

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…

Retailers, consumers decry hike in cooking gas prices

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Solomon Asowata The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on…

Day Shobanjo shocked boss, Adeyemi Lawson

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Biodun Shobanjo, boss of Troyka Holdings, refuses to collect credit advert from his boss, Adewale Lawson

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.

Biography of Biodun Shobanjo for launch 26 November

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Dr Biodun Olusina Shobanjo’s biography, The Will to Win..,will be launched in Lagos on Thursday, 26 November, 2020.

Nostalgia for Life-moulding Values

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Memories of Grandma is a fascinating account of some aspects of Anike-ade Funke Treasure's childhood years in Ijebu-Ode, Ibadan, Ode-Omu…

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…

Booker Prize: Why 2020 shortlist is unique

Ayorinde Oluokun

6 years ago

By Nehru Odeh The shortlist of this year’s Booker Prize has just been announced. The six shortlisted nominees announced today…

£50,000 Booker Prize: Nigerian Novelist, Chigozie Obioma, Shortlisted Again

Ademola Adegbamigbe

7 years ago

Chigozie Obioma, whose 2015 first novel, The Fishermen, was shortlisted for The Booker Prize, is again on this year’s shortlist…

Money laundering: EFCC Intercepts $2.8m at Enugu Airport

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Office, has intercepted 2.8 million dollars from two persons suspected to…

By 2019, Buhari will be too old to run Nigeria – Dele Momodu

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Publisher of the World acclaimed Ovation magazine, Mr Dele Momodu, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to shun the advice…

Hunting, haunting and haunted – A review of Jerry Chiemeke’s “The Colours In These Leaves”

Michael Adesina

9 years ago

In his debut offering, a hybrid collection titled The Colours In These Leaves, Jerry Chiemeke boldly surfs the waters of…

Dangote, Ooni to attend Justice Kayode Eso book launch

pmnews

9 years ago

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote are among special dignitaries…

Awo and Hannah: Their sizzling love story (2)

pmnews

9 years ago

Why did Chief Obafemi Awolowo describe HID, his wife, as a jewel of inestimable value? Here are the reasons By…

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