NAME:Niyi Osundare DATE OF BIRTH:1947 PLACE OF BIRTH: Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State OCCUPATION: A nigerian lawyer and journalist. She is the former ceo of the nigerian women’s trust fund. EDUCATION: He gained degrees at the University of Ibadan (BA), the University of Leeds (MA) and York University, Canada CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: In 1997, he accepted a […]
Biography Intro: NAME:Gabriel Okara DATE OF BIRTH:April 21, 1921 PLACE OF BIRTH:Bumodi, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, OCCUPATION:poet and novelist EDUCATION: He was educated at government college umuahia, and later at yaba higher college. During world war ii, he attempted to enlist in the british royal air force but did not complete pilot training, instead he worked […]
Biography Intro: NAME: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani DATE OF BIRTH:1976 PLACE OF BIRTH:Enugu FATHER:Chief Sir Chukwuma Hope Nwaubani MOTHER:Dame Patricia Uberife Nwaubani OCCUPATION:Novelist EDUCATION: She studied Psychology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier university CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: PUBLICATIONS: In Fear of Child-Snatchers Igbo Burials: How Nigerians will Bid Farewell to Achebe In Nigeria, You’re Either Somebody […]
Biography Intro:Okey Ndibe is the author of the novels Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain, the memoir, Never Look an American in the Eye: Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American, and co-editor of Writers Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa. The New York Times as well as Philadelphia […]
Biography Intro:Teresa Ekwutosi Meniru was a Nigerian writer of young adult literature and children’s stories. Meniru was born in Ozubulu NAME: Teresa Meniru DATE OF BIRTH: 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH: Ozubulu CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: PUBLICATIONS:The Bad Fairy And The Caterpillar The Melting Girl And Other Stories Omalinze. Oxford University Press Unoma. Evans Bros Unoma At […]
Biography Intro: Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade, (born 2 March 1969), is a Nigerian politician and the current Governor of Cross River State since 29 May 2015. He ran successfully for the office of Governor in April 2015 on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Before that, he was a member of the 7th Senate of Nigeria. NAME: Benedict Ayade DATE OF BIRTH: 2 March 1969 PARENT: Mr. & Mrs. Peter Akinsheye Ayade […]
The National Library of Nigeria came into existence by the National Library Act passed in September, 1964. This Act was later replaced and substituted with the National Library Decree No 29 of 1970. It is a grade “A” parastatal and the apex library in the country. It is the giant memory of the nation, her […]