REVIEWER: Mr Sam Akpe, Consulting Editor, Book Reviews, BLERF. Authoritative, well researched and graciously historical are the words that...
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The Nigerian Century tells the history of our great Country from Pre-colonial days to the era of Muhammadu Buhari....
Mallam Adamu Ciroma was born in 1934 in his home town Potiskum of the present Yobe State. He attended...
by FEMI ADESINA At the launch of “Newswatch Who’s Who In Nigeria” in 1990, Ray Ekpu, erstwhile editor-in-chief of...
By ANIETIE USEN The ordinary librarian is concerned with the arrangement of books in the library. But Nyaknno Osso,...
by Enefiok Enee Udo-Obong – Outstanding Olympics Gold medalist and autobiographer The lizard is one of the most intriguing animals...
Book Review By Dare Babarinsa For almost seven decades, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has been part of the Nigerian story. ...
The deeds of great men and women are the building blocks of history. Even in ancient times and pre-historic...
A review of Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics By Mr Sam Akpe, Consulting Editor, Book Reviews, BLERF. Take...
One of Nigeria’s most celebrated Librarians, Nyaknno Osso, a former Special Assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo, and the brain...
By Ndaeyo Uko The Chairman looked at the name on the visitor’s form and shrugged. The name did not...
BY SAM AKPE Nyaknnoabasi Osso’s story is an account of a great intellect—signposted by passion, diligence, and top-notch organisational...
BY FEMI AKINTUNDE JOHNSON The uninitiated may ask, why would you want to celebrate a librarian? For those who...
For the first time in Nigeria, an online biographical databank has been established to chronicle the work of scholars,...
Speech by Ray Ekpu at his 70th Birthday Colloquium held in Lagos on August 6, 2018. You are already...
Review of The Nigerian Century BY SAM AKPE The Second Republic is described by Dare and his team as...
Review of The Nigerian Century BY SAM AKPE Wow! This is a book to buy and keep—the type...
Aderinwale Ayo Yes it does! Things actually work around here! Yesterday afternoon, 18th of June 2018, my wife came back...
BY SAM AKPE Oh my God! Here is the book at last. It is not meant just to be...
There are still people in Nigeria who live mainly by the written word. That is the lot of...
Continued from yesterday A review of Lanre Idowu’s MEDIA ON MY MIND By Mr Sam Akpe, Consulting Editor,...
A Review of Encyclopaedia of Mass Media & Communication Edited by Prof. Oshiotse A. Okwilagwe Volume Three of...
A Review of Encyclopaedia of Mass Media & Communication By Prof. Oshiotse A. Okwilagwe (Ed) What you are about...
A Review of Dare Babarinsa’s Gaskia Magazine By SAM AKPE You may ask: Why has it become necessary to review...
He has spent most of his life harvesting data, and this is what any good librarian should be doing....
You ain’t seen nothing yet! When Page Seven came out in the Daily Times, they said it was the...
A Review by SAM AKPE From Frustrations to Manifestations: The Metamorphosis of a Village Boy Several years ago, Yakubu...
Review of MEDIA ON MY MIND BY SAM AKPE This book is exceptional for specific reasons. Yes, the focus...
A Review of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s book by Sam Akpe Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines practically confirms...
By Sam Akpe The book is big – a little over 700 pages. But it’s in no way scary....
BY SAM AKPE This book is sure going to tickle you a little. You will laugh and scream and...
The dream of every footballer on earth is to play of his country at the world stage and naturally,...
Written By Ray Ekpu In the Newswatch issue of March 8, 2004 I had written a column on...
Olawale Ajimotokan reports on the maiden ‘Who’s Who in Nigeria’, the first online biographical encyclopedia on great Nigerians, spanning...
On July 7, 1998, they brought Chief Moshood Abiola home in a body bag. That was not what we...
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