Archives Tag: Nobel Prize
Do You Know That Wole Soyinka is the First and Only Nigerian to Win a Nobel Award?
April 19, 2022
Amongst awards, there are ‘Awards’. The Nobel Prize is technically the ‘crème de la crème’ of awards; especially with regards to contributions made to humanity. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, or scientific advances. This was in line with the … Continue reading Do You Know That Wole Soyinka is the First and Only Nigerian to Win a Nobel Award?
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Chimamanda Bags PEN Pinter Award
April 19, 2022
Just about a week after being trolled by thousands of Nigerians –if not millions- for her views on chivalry, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter prize. She was hailed by Harold Pinter’s widow, the biographer, Antonia Fraser, as a writer who embodies “those qualities of courage and outspokenness which Harold much … Continue reading Chimamanda Bags PEN Pinter Award
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Higgs-Boson Scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics
April 19, 2022
Two scientists have won the Nobel prize in physics for their work on the theory of the Higgs boson. Peter Higgs, from the UK, and Francois Englert from Belgium, shared the prize. In the 1960s they were among several physicists who proposed a mechanism to explain why the most basic building blocks of the Universe have … Continue reading Higgs-Boson Scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics
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