The National Library of Nigeria spent a whopping N13 million to produce its budget over the last three years. A Guardian scrutiny of the National Library's budgets from 2022 to 2024 reveals a steady rise in the annual budget administrative costs, from N2 million to N7 million. Notably, the budget documents have remained remarkably concise,…

Continued from yesterday Despite all the infallible argument for a better reading culture encouraged by the establishment of the required infrastructure- convenient public and home libraries, reading materials, trained librarians – Nigerians are generally not interested to read. Professor of Library and Information Science and a former National Librarian, Lenrie Aina, noted in March this…

The story of the 60-year-old National Library is a metaphor for, on the one hand, the value that Nigeria places on knowledge, and on the other hand the sorry state of the country itself.

The National Library of Nigeria will this week unveil a new logo and a five-year strategic plan as part of activities to commemorate its 60th anniversary. This is even as it said it has preserved more than five million titles in 13 million volumes of intellectual resources across the country. National Librarian, Prof. Chinwe Anunobi,…

As the National Library of Nigeria marks this year's Annual Readership Promotion Campaign, the Federal Government has reaffirmed its dedication to completing the National Library of Nigeria's headquarters. The Guardian reports that the project has been stalled for nearly two decades. The national monument, initiated under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has seen a significant increase…

The National Library of Nigeria has announced that it has issued over 26,000 International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) since the beginning of 2024. It also revealed that authors and researchers can now obtain ISBNs, International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN), newspaper publication indexes, and other services online. National Librarian and Chief Executive Officer of the National…

Despite gulping over N20 billion at inception, the National Library Headquarters’ building in Abuja has been abandoned in the last 11 years, with much more hefty bills to complete the critical edifice.

The Nigerian Library Association (NLA) has decried the non-completion of its headquarters in Abuja, 18 years after the project was conceived.