Literature
3 Dec
Nigerian business mogul and Chairman of Elshcon Group of Companies, Dr. Emi Membere-Otaji, in a 332-page compelling story of life’s intricacies, has chronicled his journey, especially from different phases of successes and failures, both in private and public sectors.
3 Dec
Recently, Access Bank Plc. hosted the grand launch of a two-volume book by Justice Amina Adamu Augie (rtd), titled, Wisdom and Integrity: The Legacy of Honourable Justice Amina Adamu Augie JSC CON Through Her Judgments.
12 Nov 2023
Credible elections are very vital to the sustenance of credible democracy. As such, facilitation of transparent electoral process must put into consideration the determination of legal challenges to election related disputes, which is regarded as sui generis.
5 Nov 2023
Publisher : Accessible Publishers Ltd Author: Susanne Bellefeuille Language: English Year: 2017 Paperback: 372 pages Reviewer: Gregory Austin Nwakunor It is not every time that you get to read simple, straight forward narrative of a new writer. Based on true events, the book follows one man’s incredible journey through trials and tribulations. Path…
8 Oct 2023
Lola Fabowale is a versatile Nigerian-Canadian intellectual and professional known for her diverse contributions to the fields of social policy analysis, critical essays on political economy and other issues.
8 Oct 2023
Every September, the Rotary Club International set aside the month to enlighten children on importance of literacy. This year was no different, as the Rotary Club of Lagos donated books to children of St. Aquinas Primary School, Surulere.
24 Sep 2023
In commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the death of Yusufu Bala Usman (1945-2005), the Yusufu Bala Usman Institute in Zaria assembled and published a corpus of his papers into a book.
10 Sep 2023
The Quramo Festival of Words (QFEST), presented by Quramo Publishing Ltd., has announced that the 7th edition of the highly anticipated literary arts festival will hold from October 4 to 8, 2023 in Victoria Island, Lagos.
10 Sep 2023
Nostalgia and Tears F’Orile is a new poetry book by Lola Fabowale, a Nigerian-Canadian poet.
6 Sep 2023
GRIOTS Lounge Publishing Canada, in association with the editors — Nduka Otiono, an Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, and Darlington Chibueze Anuonye, a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Research Assistant at the African Poetry Book Fund — is delighted to announce the acquisition of an…
6 Aug 2023
Nigeria's relationship with Booker Prize has continued to deepen with last week’s long listing of novelist Ayobami Adebayo’s second book, titled, A Spell of Good Things. Her first, titled, Stay With Me, in 2019, won the 9mobile Prize for Literature and the Prix Les Afriques in 2020. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Baileys…
6 Aug 2023
The 2023 CORA-Nigeria Prize for Literature Book Party will hold today at the Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. The event begins at 2.00pm. The Nigeria Prize for Literature is sponsored by the Nigeria LNG. It was inaugurated in 2004 and sponsored by Nigerian LNG Limited with $20, 000 prize money, which was later raised…
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