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Akande’s Wedlock of Art seminar presentation and book launch
15 Apr  
Barely a year after her first novel, What It Takes, was released, University of Lagos don, Dr. Lola Akande of Department of English, has launched her latest work entitled...
Why parents, adults should support ‘Not Too Young To Run’ campaign
15 Apr  
Parents and adults have been urged to support young people in their quest to find a footing in life and not inhibit their progress. Also, young people’s quest...
Lolo I motivates students at career guidance workshop
15 Apr  
Media personality and artiste, Omotunde Adebowale-David, was the star attraction at the Ogun State edition of Promasidor Harness Your Dream career guidance workshop in Abeokuta.
British Council promotes reading in mother tongue
8 Apr  
British Council, in partnership with African Storybook Initiative, just concluded the maiden edition of the Story Making West Africa project. The project brought together writers and illustrators in a weeklong residential workshop that resulted in the production
How politicians make war on the Nigerian state
8 Apr  
On Sunday, January 19, 2003, The Guardian on Sunday published an article titled ‘The Politics of Last Resort’ written by Chuba Keshi. In that article, the author suggested that Nigerian politics has been a paradox of sorts.
Two UNILAG lecturers win 2018 edition of Rhodes Artist and Writer Residency Fellowship (RAW)
8 Apr  
Professor Peju Layiwola, Head, Department of Creative Arts, and Dr. Patrick Oloko, a senior lecturer in the Department of English, have been awarded the Rhodes Artist and Writer (RAW) Residency Fellowship Programme for 2018.
Glo’s Professor Johnbull cautions keke riders against dangerous lifestyle
8 Apr  
The humorous TV drama series, Professor Johnbull, sponsored by Globacom, begins a new season this weekend with a note of caution to commercial tricycle riders, popularly known as Keke riders, to desist from dangerous lifestyle....
Chiedu’s biblical view of 100 Things Jesus Did Not Say
8 Apr  
Vincent Chiedu’s new book 100 Things Jesus Did Not Say clarifies the misconception about what the bible says concerning Christian doctrines. The main objective of the book is to align with the truth, the queries and doubts that have risen in the minds of many Christians.....
‘How Yusuf Ali literary grant promotes reading awareness’
8 Apr  
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is vested with the responsibility of promoting reading and writing among Nigerians. The association has taken into cognisance the fact that reading culture is gradually dying.
Author tasks government on creative industry, reading culture
2 Apr  
An author mrs. Kelicha Ochonogor, has enjoined the Federal Government to support the creativity industry to grow to its full potential. She particularly wants encouragement for book writers by way of recommending their works to schools for use.
Afropolitanism and Nigerian literature: Beyond the sceptical shrugs
1 Apr  
The dawn of this millennium was bound to rupture some still beliefs, ideas, traditions and ideologies. Globalisation had been given more verve with the introduction of World Wide Web in the last decade of the 20th century; the once surrealist idea of a global village would then become a ricocheting fact. A few years into…
Calls for entries for 2018 The Nigeria Prize for Literature and Science competition
26 Mar  
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, sponsors of The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Nigeria Prize for Science, has called on writers to entries for the 2018 edition of the two prizes. The focus for the literature prize in 2018 is Drama while the science prize will be accepting entries on Innovations in Electric Power Solutions.…