Tag: J. P. Clark
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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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J.P Clark: A Tribute, By Chris Anyokwu
As a young schoolboy being introduced to African Literature, I was mesmerized and rendered speechless by the myth of an inscrutable muse, some vague indefinable, revenant unlike everyday people, who superintended over the printed page. This awe-inspiring quality of the phenomenon called “Book” was made all the more mind-bending owing in large part to the…
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Prof. JP Clark died an intellectual colossus — Omo-Agege
The late renowned poet and Emeritus Professor of Literature, Prof. John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, made his mark and left this plane of existence as a colossus, Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has said. Recalling Prof. Clark’s remarkable intellectual contributions, Omo-Agege in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga,…
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Buhari pays tribute to renowned writer, J.P. Clark
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday paid tribute to renowned Nigerian writer, Professor John Pepper Clark who died at 85. This is enclosed in a press statement released by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. On behalf of the Federal Government, Buhari extended condolence to the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family on…
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J.P. Clark [1933-2020]: Life, Times, Achievements of a fallen literary icon
The literary world has been thrown into unanticipated mourning since the announcement of the death of renowned Nigerian poet and playwright, Prof. John Pepper Clark, popularly known as J.P. Clark on Tuesday. Though born in the creeks of the Niger Delta, he went ahead to bestride the literary world, getting international recognition not just for…
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J. P. Clark: Nigerians mourn legendary poet
The report of the death of Nigerian legendary poet and playwright, John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, popularly known as J. P. Clark has left many Nigerians mourning. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the younger brother of Chief Edwin Clark, the former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader died in the comforting arms of his wife, children and siblings…
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BREAKING: Renowned writer, Prof J.P. Clark is dead
Information reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG now has it that emeritus Professor of Literature and renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark has died on Tuesday (today) morning. TNG reports that Professor Clark, a popular poet and younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark died in the comforting arms of his…