Last week, families, friends, associates and well-wishers gathered at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, to celebrate the third anniversary of Naija Times, our online newspaper, which I founded in 2020. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with professional colleagues who…
Soyinka to unveil new book at CORA BookTrek
Prof. Wole Soyinka, the globally renowned playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist, will be headlining CORA BookTrek No 6, 2023. The event, co-hosted by Bookcraft Africa and supported by ProvidusBank and NobleHill Wine, will take place on July 16, 2023, at…
Ogaga Ifowodo, Anote Ajeluorou headline opening of Asaba airport Flomat Books stand Sunday
A former professor of literature at Texas State University, Austin, U.S., lawyer and author of many poetry collections including A Good Mourning shortlisted for The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2017, Dr Ogaga Ifowodo and author of children’s book, ‘Igho Goes…
Crazy school days at Great Ife -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical lessons on television production when I told the future Nobel Laureate’s steward, the Ghanaian lad…
International Youth Assembly at WSICE2021 to mark Wole Soyinka’s 87th birthday
The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE), will this year focuse its agenda strictly on discovering and grooming young intellectuals and change makers from around the world, through its newly initiated International Youth Assembly (IYA). The 13-year-old project has been…
Soyinka denies social media post on Yoruba nation
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, denounced a fake WhatsApp post on the Yoruba state agitation, which was attributed to him. Soyinka, in a statement titled: ‘They are back’, urged the public to ignore the post and utterances of…
Start journaling today to reap the many joys and benefits tomorrow -Tara Aisida
I have been writing weekly for over two years and it never ceases to amaze me when people commend my writings especially when they talk about how it resonates with them and specifically, how I phrase my words and sentences.…
A president for all Americans – Ehi Braimah
After all the twists and turns following the November 3 presidential elections which Joe Biden won clearly with 306 electoral college votes and over 7 million popular votes, January 20, 2021 was going to be a special and historic day…
I was disappointed by Achebe’s comment on my Nobel prize – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said he was disappointed by a comment made by the late renowned novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, shortly after he (Soyinka) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. In a conversation with an American-based…