May 11 is globally known as “The Bob Marley Day”. It is now 43 long years since the lionised music legend Bob Marley died. Robert Nesta Marley died at 11.40 am on Monday morning, May 11, 1981. Born at 2.30…
Exploring the rudiments of Borojah’s law – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
“Shock your wife!” I am only reiterating the law handed down to me by Borojah, a rambunctious neighbour of mine, who claims to be a poet though I’ve never come across a verse written by him. I do not know…
Nigeria’s first female perm sec, Francesca Emanuel, dies at 86
Nigeria’s first female federal permanent secretary, Francesca Emanuel, has died at the age of 86. Qed.ng learnt that Mrs. Emanuel died on Tuesday night of natural causes. Born Francesca Yetunde Pereira in Lagos on September 19, 1933, Emanuel was an…
7 Things you did not know about master artist and poet, Uche Okeke
The tragedy of ancient black civilisation was the fact that so few of what the ancients knew was written down and whatever is not written down is difficult to transmit from generation to generation and so knowledge ends up being…
ANA dedicates conference to memory of Professor Adesanmi, Calls for papers
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has dedicated the second ANA/AE-FUNAI conference to the memory of Professor Pius Adesanmi, writer, critic, poet and educator, who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10. The conference, for which it is…
ANA’s Tribute: Pius Adesanmi in life, death and vocation as a writer-scholar – Denja Abdullahi and Ofonime Inyang
Death came visiting the Nigerian writing house yet again. This time it left with a pricy catch in the person of Pius Adesanmi, literary star, critic, essayist, columnist, teacher, poet, and foremost intellectual. In an ill- fated plane tragedy in…
Chidi Okoye: Uncommon enterprise and breakthrough of dogged artist – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Artists do not come of a harder hue than light-skinned sculptor, painter and poet Chidi A. Okoye. A firm believer in the creative enterprise, Okoye has applied his art diligently in Nigeria, Canada and the United States, surmounting all kinds…
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…
Lagos is such a vibrant city -Julian Huen
Julian Huen, a poet, writer and comedian from Germany, who performed at the Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFEST2018) this year in the city of Aquatic Splendour, had barely spent one night in the city but could feel the energy. His…