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Why Aké Festival Should Travel Beyond Lagos

The 2025 Aké Arts and Book Festival has come and gone, leaving behind the familiar excitement it brings each year — powerful conversations, book launches, film screenings and a gathering of some of the brightest voices in African literature. As always, Lagos was buzzing. However, as the festival grows, one point becomes impossible to ignore:...
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Bayelsa Airline To Operate Yenagoa-lagos- Abuja, N/delta

The Managing Director of Bayelsa Airport Limited, Air Vice‑Marshal Nelson Calmday (rtd), says the newly unveiled airline will donate aviation in the Niger Delta region in the near future. According to him, the airline will not only operate the Lagos and Abuja routes daily but also other Niger Delta states. The Managing Director stated this...
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Stanbic IBTC Highlights Innovation at ART X Lagos

Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has sponsored The Library, an installation dedicated to knowledge, continuity and cultural insight at the 10th ART X Lagos. The 2025 fair embraced the theme: “Imagining Otherwise, No Matter the Tide”, inviting audiences to reflect on how imagination can foster healthier, more connected urban futures....
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Things You Don’t Know About…African Books

Some African Classics Were First Published Abroad Many iconic African novels — like Things Fall Apart and So Long a Letter — found publishers in Europe before being fully embraced at home. Early African presses lacked reach, so foreign publication opened global doors for stories that later became continental cornerstones. African Languages Are Powering a...
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Old Students To Partner LASG To Inspire, Mentor Students

President of the Alakoto High School Old Students Association (AHSOSA), Mr. Chukwudi Uche, has reaffirmed the group’s commitment to giving back to their alma mater and serving as mentors to the current students. Speaking ahead of their reunion scheduled for Saturday, he described the visit as a “statement of hope, faith, and responsibility.” According to...
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Guinea Insurance to raise N15bn in additional capital

The Board of Directors of Guinea Insurance is seeking shareholders’ approval to raise up to N15bn in additional capital for the company. This was disclosed in the notice of the Extraordinary General Meeting filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday. The PUNCH reports that the capital-raising efforts come on the heels of the passage...
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Why Stephen King’s Books Keep Getting Banned

For a writer who has spent his life exploring fear, Stephen King probably didn’t expect to become a headline in a very different kind of horror story. Yet here we are: King is now the most banned author in U.S. schools, according to PEN America’s latest report. More than 200 of his books were pulled...
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