The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has announced the shortlists for its 2022 Literary Prizes. According to the organisation, the winners will be announced at the award’s dinner on October 29th, 2022. The association founded by Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe,…
The Miles Morland Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Morland Writing Scholarships. A statement on the foundation’s website says it received well over 500 entries from published authors. “That number alone gives you a feeling for how many…
It is my honour to be in your presence this evening to review Famous Faces: Interactions with Nollywood Stars and Stakeholders, the two-volume masterpiece by Azuh Amatus. Before I continue, let me quickly disclose that Azuh is my younger brother.…
Saturday, October 22 belongs to the song of solitude. The date belongs to Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo, a son of Obosi town in present-day Anambra State, who came to Lagos to make good by traversing – and I am taking the…
Attack: Apostle Suleman slams police for killing suspect (Punch) The President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has slammed the police for killing the arrested prime suspect involved in the brutal attack on his convoy, a situation that led…
Nigerians on microblogging platform, Twitter, are currently attacking a lecturer of the Federal University, Lafia in Nasarawa State, Dr Fred Ekpe Ayokhai, for attacking a lady who reportedly fought his daughter over a man. In videos posted by a tweep,…
Photo shows Annette David-West (in blue face cap) commiserating with IDPs in one of the camps visited As flood continues to ravage coastal states such as Bayelsa, Kogi, Delta, distress calls continue to go out to governments and humanitarian agencies…
The recent unveiling of Azuh Amatus’ two new books, Famous Faces (1&2) brought together notable Nollywood figures. The high octane books presentation, which held elaborately inside the expansive marquee of the prestigious Colonades Hotels, Ikoyi, Lagos on Sunday, October 9,…
Austin Avuru, pioneer CEO of Seplat Energy, and Dr. ABC Orjiako, pioneer chairman of the Nigerian independent may be moving from the courtroom to the negotiating table if emerging feelers from a peace meeting brokered by a respected oil man,…
Two more Chibok girls have been rescued by the military in Borno, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, the Theatre Commander, North East of Joint Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri. Musa, who…
