Tag: Chinua Achebe
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Anambra govt reveals cost to light Achebe airport airfield
The Anambra State Government has approved N489.716 million for Airfield Lighting at Chinua Achebe International Airport, Awka.
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Nothing wrong with Hollywood actor, Idris Elba playing Okonkwo in ‘Things Fall Apart’ – Omoni Oboli
Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli, has supported the casting of Hollywood actor, Idris Elba, as the lead actor in the upcoming film adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s classic novel, ‘Things Fall Apart’.
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Like Messi, Ronaldo: Achebe and Soyinka – By Udeme Nana
In the world of football, the jury is out and the robust debate is centred around Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi about who is the Greatest football player of all time -GOAT. The matter has split supporters of the two football stars into very active halves in the world for or against.
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Wike names two Abuja roads after Chinua Achebe, J. P. Clark
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to name two roads in Guzape Districts after Chinua Achebe and J. P. Clark. Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and a central figure of modern
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Achebe’s message from beyond – By Chidi Amuta
Between the 29th and 30th of September 2023, Princeton University hosted a memorial symposium to mark the10th anniversary of the passing of Chinua Achebe.
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Ohanaeze reacts over honour bestowed on Achebe by Soludo
The Vice President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, has eulogised Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra for renaming the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri, after the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe.
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Soludo renames Anambra Cargo Airport after Chinua Achebe
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, has renamed the state’s International Passenger and Cargo Airport after late Chinua Achebe, a novelist, to immortalise him for making an indelible mark on the history of human civilisation. Achebe a native of Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state
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Dark Money Phenomenon And The Threat To Democracy – By DENNIS ONAKINOR
In his 2012 book titled “There Was A Country: A Personal History Of Biafra,” Africa’s all-time foremost novelist, the late Chinua Achebe, decried the destructive influence of political godfathers and moneybags in Nigerian politics. According to him, “Nigerians will have to find a way to do away with the present system of godfatherism – an…
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Don’t let 9MOBILE die – By Okoh Aihe
The title of this piece, with all humility, owes its origin to the great work of one of the world’s greatest story tellers, Achebe. Slightly adapted and compressed, my appeal is: Don’t let 9MOBILE die.
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Lets kill Presidential System before it kills Nigeria – By Mideno Bayagbon
Lets kill Presidential System before it kills Nigeria – By Mideno Bayagbon