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Author Onyeka Nwelue loses father
Filmmaker and author Onyeka Nwelue has announced the death of his father.
He said in a Facebook post on Sunday, "My father has departed this...
Writer berates Baba Suwe’s son for displaying dad’s corpse on social...
Writer Odolaye Baa Waki Aremu has criticised the son of late veteran actor Baba Suwe for displaying his father's corpse on social media.
Baba Suwe...
Chimamanda Adichie loses mum five months after father’s burial
Writer Chimamanda Adichie has lost her mother Grace Adichie barely five months after the burial of her father, Prof. James Adichie.
Mrs Adichie died at...
Review of Azuh Arinze’s Success is not Served A’ La Carte
TITLE: SUCCESS IS NOT SERVED A' LA CARTE
AUTHOR: AZUH ARINZE
PUBLISHER: YES INTERNATIONAL VENTURES
PAGES: 299
REVIEWER: AYO OYOZE BAJE
COVER PRICE: N2,500
FOREWORD
In his illuminating foreword to this...
Foremost Nigerian writer, Harry Garuba, dies in South Africa
Renowned writer, critic and scholar, Professor Harry Garuba, has died of leukaemia at age 61.
Garuba's death in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday came...
First Nigerian woman to play table tennis, Mabel Segun, turns 90
Eminent playwright, poet, broadcaster and sportswoman, Mabel Segun, celebrated her 90th birthday on Tuesday, February 18.
It was a lowkey celebration witnessed by close family,
friends...
Okonjo-Iweala’s son’s book named among best of 2018
Uzodinma Iweala, son of Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has just had his profile rise to another level.
His book Speak No Evil has...
Sefi Atta to launch first children’s book
Playwright and award-winning author of Everything Good Will Come, Sefi Atta, will launch her first children’s book, Drama Queen, on Sunday, October 14 at...
Emem Isong’s brother, Anietie Isong, wins McKitterick Prize
Nigerian-British writer, Anietie Isong has been named winner of the 2018 McKitterick Prize for his debut novel, Radio Sunrise.
Anietie received the prize from broadcaster...
Nigerian writer, Anietie Isong, shortlisted for UK’s biggest literary prize fund
The shortlists for the Betty Trask, McKitterick, Tom-Gallon and Somerset Maugham awards have been announced by The Society of Authors, with Nigerian writer Anietie...