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Books Associates Limited, Lagos, in conjunction with Treasure Books Limited, Yenagoa, has released the revised edition of Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria, edited by Nduka Otiono and Odoh …
Best of contemporary writing from Nigeria released Read More
Book: Songs of Silence Author: Abdullahi Ismaila Publishers: Kraft Books Year: 2021 Pages: 74 Reviewer: Ismaila Bala Garba Like many of his previous books, Songs of Silence has a longer …
Hymn of Praise Read More
The book, “Gbagyi and the Question of Leadership” offers to the readera tremendous view on the earliest history of ancestries and sociopolitical transition of the Gbagyi people of Nigeria; it …
A dissection of Gbagyi’s ethnic nation Read More
“The Garbage School”, an adaptation of a novel written by Abdullahi Ismaila, an acclaimed writer, academic and the spokesperson of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), would be hitting the cinema …
The Garbage School set to hit cinema Read More
The Imo State Police Command Wednesday confirmed an attack on the country home of a lawmaker representing Orsu constituency in the state House of Assembly, Mr Ekene Nnodimele. The state Commissioner of …
Imo killing spreads, hoodlums behead 2, raze ex-AG’s home Read More
The 2021/22 Premier League fixtures will be released at 9am on Wednesday ahead of what promises to be another captivating campaign in England’s top flight football. Champions Manchester City will …
Premier League fixtures set to be released Read More
BAYO AGBOOLA in Ibadan writes on the various steps to restore peace in the Peoples Democratic Party in the South West zone, especially Oyo state as 2023 general elections draw …
Will Arapaja team reconcile South West PDP before 2023 elections? Read More
Since inauguration of the House of Representatives’ special committee for a further review of the 1999 constitution, there have been inflow of demands by stakeholders on what should be added, …
Constitution review: Multiple demands, challenging task Read More
It is a well-known fact that cities all over the globe experience one kind of criminality or the other, this may not be unconnected with the cosmopolitan nature of those …
Kano: Your phone or your life, who is to blame? Read More
It’s going to be roll call of who is who at Blueprint Newspapers’ tenth year anniversary and 2020 Impact Series/Awards holding Thursday at Transcorp Hilton Abuja where notable Nigerians, including former President …
Blueprint set to honour Jonathan as ICON of Democracy, governors, 3 ministers, DGs also listed for awards Read More
On August 4, 2019, I had written an article titled, ‘Gombe: on the cusp of economic transformation’, where I said: Gov. Inuwa Yahaya has within a short period of time, …
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya’s footprints of purposeful leadership in Gombe Read More
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-General Shu’aibu Ibrahim, has renewed the commitment of the Scheme to national unity and integration, as well as self-improvement through a well-designed Skills …
General Ibrahim restates NYSC’s increasing relevance to national cohesion, development Read More
Title: Rich Who Cries For The PoorAuthor: Tony Chibuzo AdibeReviewer: Chuks NwezePages: 68Publisher: JOMAP Press, 21 Edinburgh Road, Enugu Not many read poems because not many understand the rhymes, but …
Rich who cries for the poor Read More
The Nigerian Army Monday said troops deployed in the fight against bandits in the North-west region of the country, have killed 48 bandits and rescued 18 persons held hostage in the …
Troops kill 4 bandits’ commanders, 48 others in Zamfara, rescue 18 hostages, recover arms Read More
Let me start my admonition this week with a usual unusual, an unexplained norm within our political space and leadership sphere. Who amongst us has understood the idea, principle or …
Nigeria and Nigerians—but why? Read More
AWAAL GATA talks to Femi Osofisan, an internationally acclaimed playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter and activist, on the 40th anniversary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) It is the …
Femi Osofisan speaks on ANA’s 40th anniversary Read More
Christendom is commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, an envoy of God sent forth by Him over two thousand years ago, to save mankind on earth from spiritual …
The great sacrifice of love Read More
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and the world’s 27th largest economy, is something of an enigma. Don King, the late American broadcasting icon, once lamented that Nigeria imports what it has …
Unemployment: Nigeria’s exploding time-bomb Read More
In a statement on Friday, the forum announced that Nnorom Azuonye, James Murua and Michal Musiałowski will be on the debut edition of AWFLinkUp via Zoom, on March 28, 2021 …
AWF finally returns Read MoreNigerian writer and filmmaker Umar Turaki’s debut novel, “Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold” will be published by Little A, an imprint of Amazon Publishing.The novel was pitched to Selena …
Nigerian writer lands book deals with Amazon Read More
The federal government has proposed to spend one trillion naira on establishment of one cottage industry in each of the 774 local government areas of the country. Similarly, the private sector is …
FG earmarks N1trn for cottage industries in 774 LGs Read More
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has announced the appointment of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, emeritus professor of English at the University of Lagos, as the chairperson of the Advisory Board for the Nigeria …
NLNG names Adimora-Ezeigbo as Literature Prize Board chair, begins 202 cycle Read More
Maverick author, producer and filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue and prolific poet and writer, IkennaChinedu Okeh, teamed up to write a children’s book. Entitled “Saving Mungo Park” , the book subverts the …
Nwelue, Okeh unveil children book Read More
As many await the rescue of 39 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka Kaduna who are still in captivity, bandits in the early hours of Sunday stormed …
Troops rescue 307 students, repel bandits’ attack on another Kaduna school Read More
The story seemed initially to be an easily predictable one. It tells of a condemned prisoner who was convicted of gruesomely killing Chief Benson Osifo alongside his personal secretary. This …
Too late for anything Read More