Category: Celebrity

British-born Nigerian writer, Tade Thompson, Wednesday won the Arthur C Clarke award, the UK’s most prestigious prize for science fiction novels at a ceremony in Foyles bookshop in London. His novel, Rosewater, an alien invasion novel set in a future Africa, was submitted alongside 124 other novels, the highest number ever submitted for the prize, […]

Here are some things you may not know about literary icon and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, who clocks 85 on Saturday: · He is related to Afrobeat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti Soyinka is the cousin of the late revolutionary African musician Fela Kuti. Wole’s mother, Grace, was a member of the Ransome-Kuti family known for […]

By Ben Ezeohagwu No doubt, Wole Soyinka is one of the most influential African writers of this century; he’s the first African Nobel laureate (awarded 1986), as well as a notable Nigerian Political activist, who has made resounding contributions to Nigeria and her Politics, among others. In this brief treatise, efforts are made to dissect […]

Oluwatunmise Idowu is a 14-year-old student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State. She became famous in 2016, when she broke the record in the Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television. In 2015, Ayodeji Akinkuowo of Adeyemi Demonstration College, Ondo State had set the record by answering 15 questions in 60 seconds. Idowu, the daughter of a […]

Felix Oguejiofor Abugu  Here is our own effervescent Harriet Lawrence of The Guardian Newsroom of yore. She was our boss and trainer. We all had emotional attachment to Mrs. Lawrence. We loved her and she loved us back unreservedly. Mike Asuquo, Edwin Baiye, my humble self, Gbemiga Ogunleye, Emmanuel Efeni, (Black) Moses Ayo Jolayemi, Steve […]

By Kingsley Moghalu and Ezekiel Oloriegbe She exhibited an admirable spirit of selflessness. The type that National Awards are made from. We will never forget. Dr Stella Adadevoh would have been 62 today,  October 27, 2018, but she is not here with us because of her heroic actions in preventing further spread of the Ebola […]

D’banj, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Yemi Alade and 41 other Nigerians were honoured on Wednesday at the United Nations as they were unveiled as part of the 2018 Most Influential People of African Descent Global 100 list. The list recognises the positive contributions made by people of African descent, worldwide, across four categories of Politics and Governance, […]

Arthur Ashkin of the US split the 2018 Nobel Physics Prize with Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada (AFP Photo/Hanna FRANZEN) Three researchers on Tuesday shared the 2018 Nobel Physics Prize for inventions in the field of Laser Physics which have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in corrective eye […]

Ondo State on Saturday hosted eminent Nigerians including notable politicians across the country who had come to rejoice with Afenifere chieftain and National Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae, CFR, who marked his 80th birthday. The auditorium of St. David’s Cathedral, Ijomu, in Akure, the state capital, venue of the Birthday […]