Tag: Books
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Five books and authors that shaped children’s literature in Nigeria
Some books are simply classics and will remain evergreen. While it is impossible for TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) to list all the amazing indigenous books that have shaped Nigerian children’s literature over the past few decades, we can discuss our top five books and their authors.
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Wisdom Dafinone’s books get Amazon’s nod
Acclaimed poet and financial consultant, Wisdom Oteri Dafinone has finally put his books on the renowned book platform online, Amazon. In 2019 Dafinone launched his first set of three (3) books of Poetry at the Institute of International Affairs in Lagos Nigeria. All three books were recommended by the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council…
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UBA Foundation Commemorates 2020 International Day of the African Child, Donates Thousands of Books Across Africa
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children in this year’s edition of the International Day of the African Child. June 16 every year, has been set aside by the United Nations as the International Day of…
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Top list 2017: TheNewsGuru mobile app performing best on Google Play Store as Google shares best apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, books of 2017
In continuing with its annual tradition, Google on Friday announced the best and most popular apps, games, music, movies, TV shows, books of 2017 on the Google Play apps store. While Game of Thrones emerged the most popular TV show on Google Play for the second year in a row, Rick and Morty and The…
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Oyo to commit 5bn to education, receives 70,000 books
The Oyo State Government at the weekend disclosed that about N5bn will be expended to repair the dilapidating structures in primary and secondary schools in the state. Similarly, the state government has received 70,000 books covering different subject areas such as Mathematics, English, English literature, Physics, Biology, Economics, Algebra, Chemistry among others from a non-government…
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Buratai launches four policy handbooks for Army
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday launched four handbooks on four policies for the Nigerian Army. They are the Nigerian Army Strategy in the North-East; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Telephone and Human Rights. Launching the handbooks at the venue of the ongoing Chief of Army Staff Conference in Owerri, Buratai…