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 Politics › Five Persons Have Been Arraigned By EFCC For $4M Global Fund Fraud by Mcking11(op): 6:10pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
The trial of five persons implicated in the fraudulent diversion of about $4 million of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Nigeria, began on June 12, 2018 before Justice O.O. Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Maitama. www.naijxclusive.com/five-persons-arraign-by-efcc-for-4m-global-fund-fraud/ |
| Literature › Re: Nnedi Okorafor Wins Kurd Laßwitz Prize by Mcking11(op): 1:35pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Wow! We have great Yoruba writers too taking the bull by the horn. Teju Cole, Tope Folarin and host of others. |
| Literature › Nnedi Okorafor Wins Kurd Laßwitz Prize by Mcking11(op): 12:16pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
Nnedi Okorafor’s novel, THE BOOK OF PHOENIX, has won Kurd Laßwitz Prize for Best Foreign Science-Fiction Book (translated into German). The award is given for works written in or translated into the German language and published during the previous year. The Kurd-LaßwitzPrize is probably and possibly the best-known science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the Science Fiction German author Kurd Laßwitz and was first awarded in 1981. Kurd Laßwitz is recognised in Germany as the ”the father of German Science-fiction.” The awards will be presented September 22 at ElsterCon in Leipzig, Germany. It was an inestimable happiness for the Nigerian writer of fantasy and science fiction for both children and adults as she expressed her feelings on her facebook timeline: ”Just learned that my novel The Book of Phoenix won the Kurd Laßwitz Prize [one of Germany’s biggest science fiction prizes] for Best Foreign Science Fiction Book. Wunderbar! Brief description of THE BOOK OF PHOENIX: A genetically-engineered African woman destroys her prison.” www.naijxclusive.com/nnedi-okorafor-wins-kurd-laswitz-prize/
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| Nairaland General › Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Win Pen Pinter Prize by Mcking11(op): 7:14pm On Jun 12, 2018 |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction has won the 2018 Harold Pinter prize. The prize is awarded in memory of Nobel Laureate, Harold Pinter, Nobel-Prize Winning British playwright, Screenwriter,Director and Actor. Pinter was awarded the Nobel for Literature in 2005. More: www.naijxclusive.com/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-wins-pen-pinter-prize-2018/ |
| Education › In West Africa: Explorers For Exploitaion: Mungo Park Etc by Mcking11(op): 2:57pm On Jun 12, 2018 |
Mungo Park was sent to trace the course of the Niger, an assignment he pursued vigorously until he lost his life at Bussa in 1805.Before his death he had established that the River, instead of joining the Nile as was thought, turned South to enter the sea. Richard Lander ultimately traced the River to the sea in 1830 discovering, to the excitement of European firms, that the Niger actually entered the sea in the form of Delta at a point which he had been the most important centre of European Trade in West Africa. Read more here: http://www.naijxclusive.com/west-africa-exploration-for-exploitation/ |
| Literature › Best New African Poets 2017 Anthology Is Out. Grab Your Copy by Mcking11(op): 2:32pm On Jun 12, 2018 |
I have three poems in this anthology. ''The long awaited Best “New” African Poets 2017 Anthology is finally out of the oven. The virgin book contains aggressively brave, thought-provoking, arrogantly interesting and sublime layers of contemporaneous poems that will seduce you into reality of fantasy. The book houses poems of diverse themes from all the regions of Africa.'' Read more about the book and how to get a copy: http://www.naijxclusive.com/best-new-african-poets-2017-anthology-is-out/ |
| Entertainment › Re: Bloggers Drop Your Contacts. For Business Deal by Mcking11(m): 10:16am On Jun 12, 2018 |
Contact: macsworld4real@yahoo.com Blog: www.naijxclusive.com |
| Career › Re: A Nigerian Graduate After Nysc Couldn't Get A Job And She's Now A Shoemaker by Mcking11(op): 11:50pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
But not a White collar job. She hunted for a white collar job before settling as a shoe maker. The difference is clear. |
| Sports › Stoke City Have Signed Nigerian Midfielder, Etebo by Mcking11(op): 11:43pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
Stoke City have successfully signed Super Eagles Midfielder, Oghenekaro Peter Etebo. The 22-year-old WorldCup-bound Nigerian midfielder was signed from Portuguese side Feirense for €7.2million on a five-year deal. Read more: www.naijxclusive.com/stoke-city-sign-nigerian-midfielder-etebo/ |
| Politics › Re: Buhari Returns To Abuja From Morocco by Mcking11(op): 9:58pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
Thank you, Thank you |
| Politics › Buhari Returns To Abuja From Morocco by Mcking11(op): 9:41pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
“We have huge gas reserves in Nigeria, and we should be known more for gas exploration than for crude oil. So, we are happy with the new partnership with Morocco.” Read more: www.naijxclusive.com/the-president-returns-to-abuja-from-morocco/ |
| Literature › Poets And Their Most Popular Poems Ever. Do You Agree? by Mcking11(op): 4:59pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
Below are some of the poets and their highly anthologised/popularly known poems. Pablo Neruda, Chile, Poem – Canto General Kofi Awoonor, Ghana, Poem — Songs of Sorrow Oscar Wilde, Ireland, Poem – Ballad of the Reading Gaol Okigbo Christopher, Nigeria, Poem -- Heavensgate Seamus Heaney, Ireland, Poem – Death of a Naturalist Kwesi Brew, Ghana, Poem — The Mesh Lord Byron, England, Poem – Don Juan Robert Frost, USA, Poems — Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Morning; The Road Not Taken Read more: www.naijxclusive.com/poets-and-their-popular-poems/ |
| Career › A Nigerian Graduate After Nysc Couldn't Get A Job And She's Now A Shoemaker by Mcking11(op): 2:49pm On Jun 11, 2018 |
Chineye Nwokorie is a graduate of Engineering at ESUT. AFTER graduation she couldn't secure a job, but now a potential shoe maker. Read her success story here: www.naijxclusive.com/chineye-nwokorie-graduate-turned-a-potential-entrepreneur/ |
| Travel › Olumirin Waterfalls In Erin Ijesha by Mcking11(op): 11:35am On Jun 11, 2018 |
According to oral traditions, the Olumirin Waterfalls in Erin-Ijesa was discovered by a woman called Akinla, founder of Erin-Ijesa town, and a granddaughter of Oduduwain the year 1140 AD, during the influx migration of Ife people to Erin- Ijesa. Legends had it that the waterfalls then had the appearance of mysterious figure when it was discovereda Read more: www.naijxclusive.com/olumirin-waterfalls-a-sweet-story-to-tell-by-madu-chisom/ |
