(born July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria) Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He sometimes wrote of modern West Africa in a satirical style, but his serious intent and his belief in the evils inherent in the exercise of power usually was evident in his work as well.
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Entries from February 2009
February 28, 2009
WOLE SOYINKA
February 26, 2009
RE: OF GOVERNORS’ ACTIONS AND ADVERTORIALS
By Henry Ekpe
Going through the Sunday Vanguard publication of February 15, 2009 edition, page 44, one came across the Viewpoint written by one Sam Ihekire who tried to distort the achievements of His Excellency, Chief Ikedi Ohakim of Imo state and that of his Anambra state counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi.
However, I am more concerned with [...]
February 19, 2009
Abia set for national cocoa day
THE 5th yearly National Cocoa Day to be hosted by Abia State will be effected successfully, Governor Theodore Orji, has promised.
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Orji spoke yesterday when the Chairman of the 2009 Cocoa Day Planning/Organising Committee and Deputy Governor of Osun State, Mrs. Olusola Obada, visited him in Umuahia. He said the state has the facilities [...]
February 19, 2009
Top 100 websites that Nigerians love to visit
1.
Yahoo!
Personalized content and search options. Chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.
yahoo.com
Site info for yahoo.com
2.
Facebook
A social utility that connects people, to keep up with friends, upload photos, share links and videos.
facebook.com
Site info for facebook.com
3.
Google
Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option [...]
February 19, 2009
Top 100 site on the web
The top 100 sites on the web. (source:Alexa.com)
Yahoo.com
Personalized content and search options. Chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.
www.yahoo.com
Site info for yahoo.com2. Google.com
Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company’s focus is developing search technology.
www.google.com
Site info for [...]
February 19, 2009
Port Harcourt Ranked Most Dangerous City In The World
Ese Awhotu, Abuja (leadership Nigeria)
It sounds pretty surprising but not unexpected that the city of Port Harcourt, a once very glamorous city, has been ranked among the three most dangerous cities in the world.
The human resources unit of New York-based Marsh & McLennan Cos. has ranked Port Harcourt with Baghdad, Yemen’s capital of Sana’a [...]
February 19, 2009
An Open Letter to the Publisher, SaharaReporters
By Chidi opara
Omoyele Sowore! Omoyele Sowore!! Omoyele Sowore!!!-How many times did I call your name? Three times! If you think that you will continue to publish yeye stories about our dear hard working President, you will soon receive a message from us. Infact, we will soon organize a five million-man-march to Washington DC, to force [...]
February 4, 2009
NEWSBEARER MAGAZINE,MAXIMUS UBA AND JUNK JOURNALISM
Journalism, we all know is the craft of conveying news, descriptive materials and comments via a wide spectrum of the media. These include newspapers, magazines, television, radio as well as the internet. journalists, be they writers, editors, reporters, photographers ,broadcast presenters or producers serve as the chief purveyor of information and opinion in contemporary mass [...]
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