'NLNG Prize Shipwrecked Soon After Setting Sail'
INTERVIEW with Ahmed Maiwada, one of the poets short-listed for the 2009 NLNG Literature Prize. How do you feel about the NLNG prize after the verdict of the prize panel? The... More »
Nigeria Guardian - Nov. 7, 2009
'The Organisers Don't Have Respect For Nigerian Writers'
By Ajibola Amzat ANOTHER short-listed poet, Diego Odoh Okenyodo, speaks on the award. What is your reaction to the result of the Prize? I separate my reaction into two ways:... More »
Nigeria Guardian - Nov. 7, 2009
'Contrary To Some Opinions, Nothing Went Wrong With The...
WE always knew that the Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Nigeria Prize for Science would be successful projects, says Ifeanyi Igwebike Mbanefo, Manager, Corporate... More »
Nigeria Guardian - Nov. 7, 2009
Leadership prize without a winner
11/06/09, Bunmi Akpata-Ohohe The Mo Ibrahim's African Leadership Prize, a prize regarded as the most valuable individual annual award in the world, is a non-event in 2009.... More »
Africa Today - Nov. 7, 2009
'It's The Joke Of The Year'
INTERVIEW with Dr. Ademola Dasylva, one of the nine poets short-listed for this year's NLNG Literature Prize. He speaks on the panel of judges' verdict that none of the works... More »
Nigeria Guardian - Nov. 7, 2009