Prolific writer and Co-author of popular English handbook, Brighter Grammar, Phoebean Ajibola Ogundipe has died at the age of 92. The author passed away on 27 March 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States, where she was buried on the same day. However, her death was announced days later, in a statement which…

Fifty years ago in the Bight of Biafra, the anger and love that created rivulets of blood that coloured the landscape of Igboland crimson and changed the concept of Nigeria

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has suddenly become born again. Perhaps, he was, which culture purists did not take note of.

Echezonachukwu Nduka is a triple threat who won’t be put in a box. The recipient of the 2016 Korea-Nigeria Poetry Prize is lauded for his spoken word poetry, his writing and his music. His poetry collection, Chrysanthemums for Wide-eyed Ghosts, has been published by Griots Lounge Publishing and his writings have appeared in fourteen anthologies,…

The book, The Voice in my Pen, written by students of Mater Ecclesiae College, Epe, has again revealed the beauty of expressing your inner thoughts through literature. The joy of the students during the formal presentation of the book knew no bounds, as the occasion featured and celebrated them as young authors.

Pan-Africanism and the Forging of a New African Identity in the 21st Century was the theme of the 2019 conference organised by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC). The two-day conference, which held recently in Abuja, in collaboration with the Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, University of Abuja, brought together…

Oh Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua!!! Time, time described as spirit. Known to Allah, the creeping time to 9. Yet yesterday, 9, the dept of time, my remembrance shown. Great, the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Proponent of Nationality, Blood of oneness, the Amnesty I know. The President, I have come to love, understand and feel, Yet far,…

Like every new invention which comes with opportunities and challenges, there was a veiled agreement among participants at a recent gathering in Lagos, that social media originally created to foster sharing of ideas, thoughts, information, and encourage the building of virtual networks and communities, has turned  a nightmare to some of its users particularly the youths. The…

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has secured funding for the eight year towards the ANA/Yusuf Ali nationwide literary awareness campaign. The association received the sum of N3 million on January 7, 2019 for this year’s project from the donor, Yusuf Ali (SAN), an Ilorin-based legal practitioner, author and philanthropist. According to ANA Publicity Secretary…

It is within the context of a poignant, profound and perhaps arcane ritual imagination that we encounter John Pepper Clark in his literary world as evidenced by the evocative power of his primal poetic and dramatic compositions. Especially so are some of the early works such as Song of a Goat through Ozidi, the ‘middle’ The Boat, The…

Being keynote address at the Second Chinua Achebe International Conference held at the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka from May 22 to 25, 2018. Introduction LET me restate from the outset that the thematic concern of this conference Wole Soyinka and the Literature of Commitment, which has formed the thrust of my…

Poetry has always been known to speak to the depth of the soul. April is National Poetry Month and Nigeria has birthed some great poets. In celebration of the month, we have compiled our list of five Nigerian poets whose words will indeed last forever. Ben Okri Okri is a poet and novelist born in…