Port Harcourt is World’s Book Capital for 2014
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has picked Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital as the World Book Capital City for 2014. The selection of Port Harcourt was done by a coalition of reading groups in its effort to restore habitual reading culture in Nigeria. Alongside Port Harcourt, Rainbow Book Club (RBC) […]
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
By Nehi Igbinijesu The Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove is one of the remnant primary high forests that survived the urbanization of Yorubaland. Situated along the banks of the Osun River, just outside the city of Osogbo, the grove plays host to thousands of Osun worshippers and tourists who come yearly to celebrate the Osun- Osogbo […]
Nigerian Professor, Nneka Okeke wins UNESCO Women-In-Science Award
Physics Professor, Francisca Nneka Okeke of University of Nigeria Nsukka, has been named – along with four others as recipients of the 15th Annual L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women-in-Science Award. She won “for her significant contributions to the understanding of daily variations of the ion currents in the upper atmosphere which may further our understanding of climate […]
UNESCO Names Port Harcourt 2014 World Book Capital
The Rainbow Book Club has for a long time now been at the frontline of promoting literature in the country. Taking a bold step further from their annual literary event, they entered a bid in June this year to stage the bi-annual World Book Festival in Port Harcourt.