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The killings in Plateau state must stop – Toni Kan

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: August 31, 2015
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The killings in Plateau state must stop – Toni Kan

I believe it is more about politics, about how to restore, what many see, as a disequilibrium in the bala ...

I believe it is more about politics, about how to restore, what many see, as a disequilibrium in the balance of power ...

August 31, 2015
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Can Ibe Kachikwu save NNPC by Toni Kan

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: August 07, 2015
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Can Ibe Kachikwu save NNPC by Toni Kan

A few hours after Presidential Spokesperson, Femi Adesina announced the appointment of Dr. Emmanuel Ibe K ...

A few hours after Presidential Spokesperson, Femi Adesina announced the appointment of Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian Nation Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) social m ...

August 07, 2015
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EL Doctorow, author of Ragtime, dead at 84 by Toni Kan

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: July 22, 2015
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EL Doctorow, author of Ragtime, dead at 84 by Toni Kan

Helon Habila introduced me to EL Doctorow. My first contact with his writing was in “Lives of the Poets” ...

Helon Habila introduced me to EL Doctorow. My first contact with his writing was in “Lives of the Poets” a novella and six stories published in 1984. It was an illuminating experience for a boy on t ...

July 22, 2015
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What Helon Habila Told Me Before He Wrote Measuring Time by Toni Kan

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: March 05, 2015
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What Helon Habila Told Me Before He Wrote Measuring Time by Toni Kan

Two weeks ago, Helon Habila and Teju Cole won the 2015 Windham Campbell Prize alongside 7 other writers f ...

Two weeks ago, Helon Habila and Teju Cole won the 2015 Windham Campbell Prize alongside 7 other writers from across the world and genres. In this piece, Toni Kan recalls a conversation with Helon, who ...

March 05, 2015
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Teju Cole and Helon Habila win $150,000 prize

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: February 25, 2015
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Teju Cole and Helon Habila win $150,000 prize

Ivan Vladislavić, Teju Cole and Helon Habila have been Awarded 2015 Windham Campbell Prizes for Fiction. ...

Ivan Vladislavić, Teju Cole and Helon Habila have been Awarded 2015 Windham Campbell Prizes for Fiction. The prize, in its third year, is awarded to “honour and support writers anywhere in the world w ...

February 25, 2015
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DON’T LET OTHERS TELL YOUR STORY by Ier Jonathan

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: November 08, 2014
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DON’T LET OTHERS TELL YOUR STORY by Ier Jonathan

NOTE: Special thanks to Chimamanda Adichie for inspiring this title It is an INTENSELY dangerous thing to ...

NOTE: Special thanks to Chimamanda Adichie for inspiring this title It is an INTENSELY dangerous thing to let other people tell your story for you; no matter the reason. For centuries, women have let ...

November 08, 2014
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