It was a day of glory and celebration of professional accomplishment for author, publisher and journalist, Mr Peter Enahoro, popularly known as Peter Pan, at the public presentation of his book, titled "Then Spoke the Thunder," yesterday in Lagos.
Title: No Time To Die
Five years ago, a penniless student, armed with only BA degree in Psychology obtained from the University of Namibia, left her motherland to seek her fortune in the United Kingdom.
When Dr PLO Lumumba penned his 76-page book on the rot in Kenya politics, little did he know he would be the man slated to take over the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission and bring "political hygiene" to this "highly political society."
Book: I will go the distance
SOCIETY of Non-Fiction Authors of Nigeria (SONFAN) has raised alarm that Nigerian academic materials writers are losing a minimum of $12 million (N104.3m) from only Belgium besides other countries, as royalties accruing from the use of their intellectual works.
The Irish writer Oscar Wilde wrote that, "Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."
National Orientation Agency presented a book, Survey of Nigerian Core Values to the Nigerian public recently. At the presentation, the custodians of Nigerian cultural values stressed the need for active engagement of all citizens in value re-orientation as a key to national development.
As Rwanda applies this week to join the Commonwealth, the international grouping dominated by ex-British colonies, both its membership application and a number of recent books on Central Africa are focusing new attention on the current government's human rights record.
Book: King on the Throne
Vice President of Visual Art Association of Nigeria (VATAN), Prince Adeyemi Kosoko has decried the attitude of state governments towards the provision of visual materials to secondary and primary schools in the country.
Since achieving independence in 1963, Kenya has existed as a classic, patronage state, ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt political elite. Kenya has also become nearly 80 percent Christian, and in this book, Paul Gifford explores the country's diverse churches and their role in shaping public and political life.
Issues and contentions which arose from the launch of a book by elder statesman and legal practitioner, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi last week, will linger for so long, as the book succeeded in revisiting and rekindling the ethnic rivalry which has long existed between the North and the South. Omololu Ogunmade who was present at the occasion, writes on the degree of controversy the launch has created
Three books - Who Wanted Third Term?, Abuja Demolition and Real Issues In Christian Marriage - were yesterday presented to the general public. The books, written by Pastor Dr. Dan Ogun a legal luminary and coordinator of Zonal Pastors' Forum of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Abuja, were launched in Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja.
Title: Woman in the Eyes of God:
SOCIETY of Non-Fiction Authors of Nigeria (SONFAN) has raised alarm that Nigerian academic materials writers are losing a minimum of $12 million (N104.3m) from only Belgium besides other countries, as royalties accruing from the use of their intellectual works.
A recently retired director with the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), Dr Dan Ogun at the weekend launched a book on the demolition exercise that took place in the Federal Capital Territory during the era of Mallam Nasir el-Rufai as FCT minister.
Wainaina denies leading African lit renaissance but offers tips on how it can succeed - via mobile phone
Book: Poisoned Wells. The Dirty Politics of African Oil
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd) will on Friday, November 27, 2009 launch a book titled " Upper End of Marriage-A Happy Home" written by the renowned Dr. Violet Arene of the popular "Kith & Kin" programme the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Family Network Programme.
Former Chief of Army Staff and a leader of the defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Gen. Alani Akinrinade, has declared that Nigeria is built on a defective foundation and challenged all patriotic minds to summon enough courage to pull it down, with the determination to build a new one.
The Obi of Onitsha, Nnemeka Achebe, yesterday praised Chinua Achebe's novel, Things Fall Apart, as a book which not only consolidated the foundations of Anglophone African literature, but opened a new page in the study of African peoples and culture.
FOR a man in his nineties, T.M. Aluko still has a very alert mind, and he has come up with a new novel that bears benedictory testimony to his venerated craft. Our Born Again President, a 218-page novel of intrigues in the affairs of state, tells the compelling story of David Tanbata who leads his country to independence and later becomes transformed in a Pentecostal manner not unlike the Biblical ...
THE illustrated Things Fall Apart produced in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Chinua's Achebe's classic novel will be the star attraction at a formal presentation ceremony to be held on November 17. The event which will take place in Lagos will be chaired by HRM Igwe Nnaemeka, Obi of Onitsha with renowned playwright, Wole Soyinka being the special guest of honour among other notable ...
THE current re-branding campaign spear-headed by the minister of Information and Communication, Professor Dora Akunyiri, this week received a scholarly boost as a Nigerian born and German-based writer Mr. Emeka Onwuakor unveils his latest book; "This Is Nigeria" to the dossier of the re-branding academic works already in circulation in the country.
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