Ikeogu Oke, winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017, who died on November 24, 2018, is now to be buried on March 30, 2019 at Akanu Ohafia in Abia State according to a statement released by the family and…
Ikeogu Oke: Family to announce new burial date
The burial arrangements for late Ikeogu Oke, earlier announced for February 23 by the family have been shelved, owing to the postponement of the general elections. The family, through a statement released by John Oke, said that “due to adjustment…
The Poem Is Mightier Than Cancer- Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The legendary poet W.H. Auden famously wrote that “poetry makes nothing happen.”. I beg to differ. Poetry makes everything happen. A poem is mightier than the bomb for one. Quote me! Which bomb-maker or thrower is mightier than Yeats, Eliot,…
Remembering Ikeogu Oke – Michael Jimoh
On Friday, September 22, 2017, I met and spoke with, for the first time, Ikeogu Oke, one of three poets shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature the same year. Others were Ogaga Ifowodo and Tanure Ojaide. Three of them…
*One injured, properties destroyed as fire gut buildings in Lagos (Punch) * Buhari approves enhanced salary structure for NPF (Guardian)
One injured, properties destroyed as fire gut buildings in Lagos (Punch) A yet-to-be-identified person sustained injury as fire gutted a residential building, which also houses an interior decoration firm, Goldland Interiors and Furniture, at Omole Bus Stop in the Ogba…
Buhari mourns Ikeogu Oke, condoles family, literary community
President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply grieved to learn of the passing of one of Nigeria’s renowned poets and winner of the 2017 Nigeria LNG Ltd-sponsored Nigerian Prize for Literature, Ikeogu Oke. On behalf of the Federal Government, said a statement…
A documentary fest, dance drama and many more shows
Lagos loves to party and it would not be Lagos if it didn’t have so many shows and events. See for yourself. iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival (iREP) filmmakers from all over the world have converged at the iREPRESENT…