Books

Obasanjo, An Irredeemable Hypocrite —Wole Soyinka

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11 years ago

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described former president, General Olusegun Obasanjo, as an irredeemable hypocrite and a liar who takes…

Pirates Feast On Obasanjo’s Book

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11 years ago

Pirated copies of ‘My Watch,’ a controversial autobiography written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo have flooded the streets of Lagos,…

Fashola To Launch Sodade’s Book

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11 years ago

Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola is expected to grace the book presentation of the Permanent Secretary of…

Obasanjo, An Incredible Liar —Brig-Gen Alabi-Isama

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11 years ago

From his base in Ilorin, retired Brigadier Godwin Alabi-Isama this morning sent his caustic response to General Olusegun Obasanjo’s three-volume memoir,…

Book Launch: Court set to punish Obasanjo for contempt

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12 years ago

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja An Abuja High Court on Wednesday held that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was in contempt for flouting an…

Greek writer Menis Koumandareas found murdered

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12 years ago

Acclaimed Greek author Menis Koumandareas was found apparently murdered Saturday in his central Athens home, authorities said. He was 83.…

AMFacilities unveils World Facility Management Day 2014 Compendium

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12 years ago

Nigeria’s leading Facilities Management Company, Alpha Mead Facilities Management & Services Limited, AMFacilities, has released the compendium of discussions at…

French Author, Modiano, Wins 2014 Nobel Prize In Literature

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12 years ago

Patrick Madiano has just been announced the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1945, he has…

What my mother taught me – Oshiomhole

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12 years ago

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, has described his mother, Ahaja Aishetu Oshiomhole, as “a strict disciplinarian” who gave him good…

Why I Wrote Book On Police, Criminal Justice —Abdul-Fatai

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12 years ago

Kazeem Ugbodaga A lawyer with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mr. Muheeb Abdul-Fatai, has explained why he wrote a…

How I Almost Killed Myself —Soyinka

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12 years ago

Jamiu Yisa Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed how he almost killed himself with a gun out of curiosity at…

Wole Soyinka Prize: Akin Bello Wins Grand Prize

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12 years ago

A former Chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Akin Bello has been named…

Wole Soyinka Prize: Literary icons to inspire secondary students

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12 years ago

Select pupils from secondary schools in Nigeria with keen interest in literary arts will have a golden opportunity to meet…

Rhodes Voices, Bez, for Soyinka Prize grand finale

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12 years ago

Evergreen music orchestra, Steve Rhodes Orchestra and Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, Bez, have confirmed attendance for the grand finale…

Kokori Launches June 12 Memoir

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12 years ago

The former General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Frank Kokori today presented his…

3 Presidents For Soyinka Literature Prize

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12 years ago

The biennial Wole Soyinka Prize for creative writing continues to grow in proportion with at least three serving heads of…

Users lament lack of books in Edo library

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12 years ago

Readers and users of the Edo Library in Benin have lamented the poor infrastructure and outdated books stocked in the…

French book at Harvard library bound in human skin

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12 years ago

Harvard’s university library on Friday in New York confirmed that test has shown that a 19th-century French book at the…

Maya Angelou Truly Phenomenal, says Niyi Osundare

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12 years ago

She enriched our world with her astounding array of talents and accomplishments: she was a singer, dancer, composer, producer, actress,…

Wole Soyinka’s Tribute to Maya Angelou

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12 years ago

Maya’s ‘AFRICA’ was more than a mere literary metaphor and reference point – it went beyond race identification. To obtain…

Literary society, authors to honour late Prof. Acholonu

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12 years ago

An Evening of Tribute has been scheduled to hold in Abuja on 12 June in honour of the late literary…

US poet Maya Angelou dies at 86

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12 years ago

Celebrated African-American author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died, the North Carolina university where she taught said…

10 authors make Glo-sponsored Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature

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12 years ago

Ten African authors made the long-list for the 2014 edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. This…

Censors Board Action Absurd – Chimamanda Adichie

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12 years ago

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The author of,’ Half Of A Yellow Sun,’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said the action of Nigerian Video…

The Genius Of Obafemi Awolowo And The Contest For His Political Space

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12 years ago

By Kunle Ajibade Bill Clinton, in an article he wrote for TIME magazine in 1999 titled “Captain Courageous,” described one…

Let Jonathan rescue abducted school girls now, says Soyinka

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12 years ago

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,has lashed out at President Goodluck Jonathan administration for its inability to rescue…

Nigerian writer,Ben Okri to be honoured by South African varsity

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12 years ago

Ben Okri, the famous Nigerian author of ‘Famished Road’ will receive an honorary doctorate at the University of Pretoria’s Autumn…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Farewell To The Magic Muse

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12 years ago

By Niyi Osundare Gone, the Magic Muse of Aracataca. In a manner similar to his wondrous tales, I can see…

Sokoto Sultanate to establish female university

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12 years ago

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, said on Saturday that arrangement has been concluded by the Sultanate Council to…

Godfather of magic realism, Garcia Marquez dies at 87

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12 years ago

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship…

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