Chimamanda Adichie, Adaobi Nwaubani and 2 other Nigerian Writers Nominated for Commonwealth Writer's Prize

 

      Chimamanda Adichie and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Four Nigerian writers are among the authors on the race for this year's Commonwealth Writer's Prize:
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was shortlisted in the Best First Book (Africa) category for her debut novel, I Do Not Come To You By Chance.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

REPENTANT NIGERIAN SCAMMER ABAYOMI AJE TELLS HIS STORY

Many people desperate for love and affection especially in Europe and North America have had their fingers badly burnt with Nigerian internet fraudster having a great feast on them.
One of the leading scammer from that part of the world is 24 year old Abayomi Aje who made over $80,000 in his four years stint. Abayomi, now a repentant scammer said peer pressure and his desire to go to school at all cost made him a scammer.

‘I was a scammer for close to four years

Darey's album drops on february 28

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Darey art alade's long awaited album "Double darey " will be released on 28th February ,2011 as announced

Interview: Ramsey Noah talks Nollywood, future plans

In 1991, a young Ramsey Nouah walked into the Surulere, Lagos audition venue of Ralph Nwadike’s now rested soap ‘Fortunes’ and after reading a few lines, got Nwadike screaming ‘This is the guy I’m looking for. This is the guy I’ve been waiting for.” And so began his journey to stardom.

He made his debut in the Nigerian home video industry shortly afterwards. 21 years later and still going strong, Nouah's performances in movies like ‘Dangerous Twins’ and ‘The Private Storm’, continue to wow his teeming fans. ‘The Figurine’ earned him the Best Actor in a Leading Role award at the 2010 African Movie Academy Academy Awards (AMAA).

Born to a Lebanese-Israeli father and Nigerian mother, the actor has starred in over a hundred movies and still has his eyes on the big picture. In a rare interview, Ramsey Nouah opens up to NEXT on matters close to his heart.

You have not been granting interviews and you’ve been out of the public radar lately. Any reasons?

It is for my absolute peace of mind. The media makes life for everyone in the fame line very unbearable. Just because you are an actor, people feel you have to live your life

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has 1 million + Twitter Followers, operates fast growing social networking site, Yookos.com

With over 1 million twitter followers, Pastor Chris is easily Nigeria’s most followed public figure on the social web.
Pastor Chris’ church, Christ Embassy is also the owner of a fast growing and popular social networking/microblogging site called Yookos.com. Through Yookos.com, Pastor Chris interacts with his congregation members and shares prayer

2Face to Appear on The Mo’nique Show on BET, February 8th, 2011

The BET International crew are really not messing around when it comes to showcasing Nigeria and Africa’s talents to as many as possible. The crew

Haiti Flashback: Chioma Ohiri, Nigerian humanitarian who helped victims of earthquake

Nigerian Chioma Ohiri helps earthquake victim in Haiti in January 2010

By Nigerians abroad staff writer
On Wednesday, January 12, Haitians around the world commemorate one year anniversary after the devastating earthquake that torn apart their  country and left hundreds of thousands of people dead, injured and homeless.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti capital and its environs. The natural disaster early in the new year