LifeSpolight Another Nigerian wins Brunel International African Poetry Prize Leave a comment May 2, 2017 Nigerian poet, Romeo Oriogun, has won the 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. Among the shortlist of ten poets selected from nearly 1,200…
LifeSpolight ‘Eyes of a Lagos Boy’: Alonge to hold photo exhibition at Freedom Park Leave a comment April 24, 2017 After spending the past five years taking photographs around the world from mountain tops, cities, forests, nature and undersea, Bolaji Alonge has returned…
LifeSpolight PHOTOS: Woman Rising 2017 celebrates outstanding Nigerian women Leave a comment April 23, 2017 Woman Rising, an annual celebration of women through music, arts and networking, took place on April 8 and 9. The 2017 edition of…
LifeSpolight World’s fattest woman loses 250kg after surgery in India Leave a comment April 20, 2017 An Egyptian woman, believed to have been the world’s fattest woman, has lost 250kg (550lbs) after undergoing surgery in an Indian hospital. According…
LifeSpolight Facebook users to type directly from the brain in years to come Leave a comment April 20, 2017 Facebook is working to create a data input method that does not rely on a keyboard but instead allows the user to type…
LifeSpolight Mother of four wins Jos mountain climbing competition Leave a comment April 16, 2017 A 26-year-old mother of four, Anya Ashom, has emerged winner in the female category of the maiden Jos mountain climbing competition. Kaze Samuel, a…
LifeSpolight Chimamanda Adichie elected into American Academy of Arts and Science 2 Comments April 12, 2017 Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In the announcement made by the Academy…