Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
10 Biggest Nigerian Companies
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The rating of the 10 biggest Nigerian Companies were done based on there market capitalization on Nigeria Stock Exchange (as at 29th August 2014.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
14 Greatest All times Nigerian Writers
Amos Tutuola (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997)
Writer
Notable works
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952)
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954)
Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1955)
The Brave African Huntress (1958)
Feather Woman of the Jungle (1962)
Ajaiyi and his Inherited Poverty (1967)
The Witch-Herbalist of the Remote Town (1981)
The Wild Hunter in the Bush of the Ghosts (1982)
Yoruba Folktales (1986)
Pauper, Brawler and Slanderer (1987)
The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories (1990)
Chinua
Achebe (16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013)
His first novel-Things Fall Apart is the most widely read book in modern African literature.
Notable Works
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Things Fall Apart (1958) (most widely read book in
modern African literature)
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No Longer at Ease (1960)
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Arrow of
God (1964)
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A Man of
the People (1966)
·
Anthills
of the Savannah (1987)
Notable Awards
·
Commonwealth Poetry Prize(1982)
·
Honorary Fellowship of the American Academy of
Arts and Letters
·
Foreign
Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
·
Nigerian
National Order of Merit
·
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
·
The Man
Booker International Prize 2007
·
Dorothy
and Lillian Gish Prize 2010
Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie (15 September 1977- )
Writer, Lecturer
Writer, Lecturer
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| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
Notable works
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Purple Hibiscus, 2003
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Half of a Yellow Sun, 2006
·
The Thing Around Your Neck, 2009
·
Americanah, 2013
· BBC Short Story Competition 2002
· David T. Wong International Short Story Prize (PEN American Center Award) 2002/2003
· O. Henry Prize 2003
· Hurston-Wright Legacy Award: Best Debut Fiction Category 2003
· Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (Africa) 2005
· Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book (overall) 2005
· Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: Fiction category 2006
· PEN Beyond Margins Award 2006
· Orange Broadband Prize: Fiction category 2006
· Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2006
· Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize: Fiction category 2013
· National Book Critics Circle Award: Fiction category 2013
Karen Ann King-Aribisala
Novelist, and Short Story writer.
Notable Awards
Commonwealth Writers' Prize 1991
Best First Book Africa
Best Book Africa2008
Notable Works
Our Wife and Other Stories, 1990
Kicking Tongues, Heinemann, 1998
The hangman's game, 2007
Cyprian
Ekwensi(26 September 1921 – 4 November 2007)
Pharmacist, broadcaster, author,Writer
Notable works
People of the City 1954
Drummer Boy 1960
Jagua Nana 1961
Jagua Nana's Daughter
Notable Awards
Dag Hammarskjöld International Prize in Literature 1968
Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. 2006
The Right Reverend
Samuel Ajayi Crowther
(1809 – 31 December
1891)
Writer and Clergy man
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| The Right Reverend Samuel Ajayi Crowther |
Notable Works
·
Translated the English Bible into the Yoruba
language
·
Compiling
a Yoruba dictionary
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Grammar book 1843
·
Anglican Book of Common Prayer(Yoruba version)
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A primer for the Igbo language 1857
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A primer for the Nupe language 1860
·
Full grammar and vocabulary of Nupe 1864.
Daniel Olorunfẹmi Fagunwa (1903 – 9 December 1963)
(pioneer of Yoruba-language novel)
Civil Servant, Writer
Notable Works
·
Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀( The Forest of A
Thousand Daemons) 1938
·
Igbo Olodumare(
The Forest of God) 1949
·
Ireke
Onibudo (1949)
·
Irinkerindo ninu Igbo Elegbeje (Expedition to
the Mount of Thought, 1954
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Adiitu Olodumare
1961
Helon
Habila (1967- )
Novelist , Poet, Lecturer and Journalist
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| Helon Habila |
Notable works
Waiting for an Angel (2004)
Measuring Time (2007)
Oil on Water (2010)
Notable Awards
·
Caine Prize 2001
·
Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Africa category 2003
·
Emily Clark Balch Prize (short story) 2007
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Virginia Library Foundation Fiction Award 2008
·
Commonwealth Writers Prize2011
Samuel Johnson(24 June 1846 - 29 April 1901)
Anglican priest and
historian
Notable Works
Johnson, Samuel: The History of the Yorubas 1921.
Ben Okri (15 March 1959- )
Poet and novelist
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| Ben Okri |
Notable Works
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Flowers and Shadows (1980)
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The Landscapes Within (1981)
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The Famished Road (1991)
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An African Elegy (poetry, 1992)
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Songs of Enchantment (1993)
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Astonishing the Gods (1995)
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Birds of Heaven (essays, 1996)
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Dangerous Love (1996)
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Infinite Riches (1998)
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In Arcadia (2002)
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Starbook (2007)
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A Time for New Dreams (essays, 2011)
Notable Awards
· Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region, Best Book) 1987
· Aga Khan Prize for Fiction 1987
· 1991 Booker Prize – The Famished Road
· Order of the British Empire (OBE) 2001
International Literary Award Novi Sad (International Novi Sad Literature Festival, Serbia) 2008
Niyi Osundare(1947- )
Poet, dramatist and
literary critic.
Notable Works
Songs from the Marketplace (1983)
Village Voices (1984)
The Eye of the Earth (1986)
Moonsongs (1988)
Songs of the Season (1999)
Waiting Laughters (1990, winner of the Noma Award)
Selected Poems (1992)
Midlife (1993)
Thread in the Loom: Essays on African Literature and Culture
(2002)
The Word is an Egg (2002)
The State Visit (2002, play)
Pages from the Book of the Sun: New and Selected Poems
(2002)
Early Birds (2004)
Two Plays (2005)
The Emerging Perspectives on Niyi Osundare (2003)
Not My Business (2005)
Tender Moments: Love Poems (2006)
Notable Awards
Commonwealth Poetry Prize
Poetry Prize of the
Association of Nigerian Authors)
Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro Wiwa(10 October 1941 – 10 November 1995)
Writer, TV producer, Environmental activist
Notable Works
Tambari (1973)
Songs in a Time of War.(1985).
Sozaboy: A Novel in
Rotten English (1986).
Mr. B. (1987).
Basi and Company: A Modern African Folktale(1987).
Basi and Company: Four Television Plays. (1987).
Prisoners of Jebs(1988).
Adaku & Other Stories. (1989).
Four Farcical Plays. (1989)
On a Darkling Plain: An Account of the Nigerian Civil War
(1989).
Mr B Is Dead. (1991).
Genocide in Nigeria: The Ogoni Tragedy(1992)
A Forest of Flowers: Short Stories(1995).
A Month and a Day: A Detention Diary(1995).
Lemona's Tale (1996).
Notable Awards
Right Livelihood Award
Goldman Environmental Prize
Zulu Sofola (22 June 1935 - 5 September 1995)
First published
female Nigerian playwright, Professor of Theater Arts in Africa and dramatist
University lecturer
and became the first female.
Notable Works
The Deer Hunter and The Hunter's Pearl (1969)
The Disturbed Peace of Christmas (1971)
Wedlock of the Gods (1972)
The Operators, Ibadan
King Emene: Tragedy of a Rebellion (1974)
The Wizard of Law (1975)
The Sweet Trap (1977)
Old Wines Are Tasty (1981)
Memories in the Moonlight (1986)
Queen Omu-ako of Oligbo, (1989)
Eclipso and the Fantasia, (1990)
The Showers(1991)
Song of a Maiden: A Play (1992)
Lost Dreams and Other Plays (1992)
Akinwande Oluwole
"Wole" Soyinka(13 July 1934- )
First Nobel Prize Winner and only so far in Nigeria
Novelist , Play writer, Poem Writer, Lecturer, Social
Activist
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"Keffi's Birthday Treat" (1954)
The Invention (1957)
The Swamp Dwellers (1958)
The Lion and the Jewel (1959)
The Trials of Brother Jero
A Dance of the Forests (1960)
My Father's Burden (1960)
Egbe's Sworn Enemy (1960)
Madame Etienne's Establishment (1960)
The Strong Breed (1964)
Before the Blackout (1964)
The Interpreters (1964)
Kongi's Harvest (1964)
Kongi's Harvest (1964)
The
Road (1965)
Idanre and other poems (1967)
Madmen and Specialists (1970)
Idanre and other poems (1967)
Madmen and Specialists (1970)
The Man Died: Prison Notes (1971)
Season of Anomy (1972)
The Bacchae of Euripides (1973)
Camwood on the Leaves (1973)
Jero's Metamorphosis (1973)
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
Season of Anomy (1972)
The Bacchae of Euripides (1973)
Camwood on the Leaves (1973)
Jero's Metamorphosis (1973)
Death and the King's Horseman (1975)
Opera
Wonyosi (1977)
Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981)
Requiem for a Futurologist (1983)
Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years: a memoir 1946-65(1989)
Isara: A Voyage around Essay (1990)
Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981)
Requiem for a Futurologist (1983)
Ibadan: The Penkelemes Years: a memoir 1946-65(1989)
Isara: A Voyage around Essay (1990)
The Beatification of Area Boy (1996)
Document of Identity (radio play, 1999)
King Baabu (2001)
Document of Identity (radio play, 1999)
King Baabu (2001)
Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known (2002)
Notable Awards
Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature(1983)
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, United States(1983)
Nobel Prize for Literature (1986)
Agip Prize for Literature(1986)
Benson Medal from Royal Society of Literature(1990)
2009: Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award
2013, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement, United States
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Do it the American Way
United States of America have
continued to be the engine-room of
world-class entrepreneurs. In the last few
decades the country has given the world Facebook, Google, Paypal and Apple.
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| American Flag with Statue of Liberty at background |
These set of actions has not only
made the promoters billionaires but made others rich too. They have been able
to benefit from the American dream which is sown in freedom and system that allow
you to be the best.
One of the basic ingredient in achieve
these are the great tertiary education institutions (USA have majority of best
10 in the World) which turns out great mind. Such great ideas from such mind
can easily be nurtured where democratic principle are held supreme and human
right principles are held there. The ultimate ingredient is the wonderful stock
exchange where the great idea can be rewarded to infinitum.
Google’s idea was derived from the
PhD thesis of Larry Page and Sergey who were students of world class
institution-Stanford University in California. Armed with an idea where patent
laws work because of rule of law not rule of men, venture capitalists invest
endlessly and the promoters can promote their idea to a logical conclusion. All
parties are protected and “intellectual pirates and thieves” are wade off
through a labyrinth of effective legislation, enforcement of same legislation
and punishing those who violate the law.
The Stock Exchange e.g. New York Stock
Exchange is so vibrant that the promoters and co-promoters are rewarded
infinitum. That serves as reward point for those who may want to exist like Pay-pal
did or those who want to continue enjoying the largess like Google guys.
The questions is; the numerous underdeveloped
African countries, how developed are there educational system, their level of promotion
of rule of law and depth of their securities and exchange system.
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| Gold Bullion by Slav4|Ariel Palmon |
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Friday, August 22, 2014
The problem with Nigerian Political parties
The never ending season of
decamping and “recamping” which a lot would simply wave off as political
prostitution is moving through the polity again.
It bring to fore so many issues
wrong with Nigerian political playfield. The politicians apparent see and use
political parties as mere social groups to actualized their political dreams.
Choosing political party among Nigerian politician appears to be how
advertising agencies are chosen and chosen to get a product it widest coverage.it
is more of the end than the means.The parties are more similar at the soul but
just dissimilar only in spatial location, nomenclature and promoters. And of
course the followers too.
Very much missing is the sound
ideologies and men with strong conviction to follow such. Nigerian political
parties in recent times are just Progressives in names only, it ranks are still
filled with people who has issue with the law, or rabble roosters who spew
violence at slightest opportunity. “Democratic” in the nomenclature of the
party does not mean they practice the tenets as men with conscience
What is said to motivate men
include self-interest, conscience and creativity with self-interest the lowest
in nobility of them all. It appears the main motivator of Nigerian politician
is self-interest. Certainly that would explain the ease to cross carpet to
another party once their interest is threatened.
The Microsoft Encarta (2009)
described political parties as organizations that mobilize voters on behalf of
a common set of interests, concerns, and goals. The homogeneity of the Nigerian
political parties and poor legislation makes decamping so easy. None of the
political parties have sound ideologies and are ran by men who appear to be
without conviction.
The era of “Right” and “Left” show
how followership of such association can be elevated to the state of religion. It
is not unusual for communist to die as one and strive daily to make others join
their conviction. There books and other literatures extolling what they stand
for, so also party men who understand what they stand for. An average American
Republican or a Democrat knows what the party stands for and what to expect
from each when the Government is in power.
What does the People Democratic
Party (PDP) or the All Progressive Congress (APC) who is so desperate to take
people at the centre stands for. Is it ideologue internalized in the followers?
Can an average card carrying party man say this is what his party stands for.
Can they go to rallies without inducement? Five hundred naira would be
unnecessary for a convinced party man. The current apathy to parties without
inducement in most part of Nigeria is a reflection of our “soulless” political
party.
It is not that bad all along! At
least an average Action Group (AG) and United Party of Nigeria (UPN) had
well-articulated plans which their followers identify them with. These were not
mere political slogans or just empty words to win elections.
The current political parties in
Nigeria, where are your well-articulated and internalized ideologies by
followers?
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