The week-long Things Fall Apart Festival kicked off in Enugu on Sunday with the Chair, Mr. James Eze making a rallying call to enulate the famous book’s author, Prof. Chinua Achebe, who used his writings to fight for a better world.   He urged that people should live ‘in dignity and contentment with their ancient customs but still retained a …

As the Enugu-based Ncheta Ndigbo, the Centre for Memories that prides itself as the repository of Igbo history and culture, rolls out a first-ever week-long cultural event called The Things Fall Apart Festival, a departure from its earlier one-day focus on the classic novel by Chinua Achebe, festival’s Chair and author of poetry collection, dispossessed, Mr. James Eze, in this …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District, Abuja after renowned novelist, Chinua Achebe. In a post on Saturday, the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Mr. Olusegun Dada wrote:  “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Commissions the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District of Abuja. Names road after Nigerian Novelist and Poet, …

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has renamed the state International Airport after late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe. Soludo disclosed this on Sunday during the Independence Day celebration at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital, adding that the airport would now be called, “Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri”. The governor also stated that his government …