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Pirated books worth N300 million seized at Onne Port by copyright commission

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:49:14 +0000

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has recently made a significant seizure, intercepting three shipping containers laden with 3000 cartons of pirated books at Onne Port, Rivers State worth about N300 million. Dr. John Asein, the Director-General of the commission, revealed this development in a press statement released to the public. According to Asein, the intercepted [...]

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I Will Love To Write Books – Solomon Arase

David Folami — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:19:00 +0000

Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has said that he would like to write books and teach as part of his contributions to the society as a retired police officer. Arase, who disclosed this shortly after a reception held in his honour on Saturday in Benin, also described life after active service as [...]

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Taylor Swift Donates 25,000 Books To Schools In Need

David Folami — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 09:36:29 +0000

Pop star, singer and songwriter Taylor Swift donated 25,000 new books to schools in need in partnership with Scholastic. 25 schools will each receive 1,000 new children’s books through the Scholastic Possible Fund as a result of Taylor’s support of the Company’s “Open a World of Possible,” initiative, designed to promote independent reading among all [...]

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#Africa > African stories told by Africans using manga animations

AMA — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 07:18:15 +0000

With more than 500 million books sold worldwide last year, passion for Japanese comics known as ‘manga’ continues to grow. Despite the increasing appetite from readers for these stories, however, finding mangas in West Africa, let alone Senegal, has been near impossible. But that is changing. Tired of telling the stories of other people’s cultures, [...]

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MoboFree Launches Affiliate Program and Gives Money and Free Traffic as Reward for Website Owners

Ade Adewale — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:19:20 +0000

MoboFree, a social marketplace where classified ads meet social networking, has just launched its affiliate program. Affiliates who join the program (http://affiliate.mobofree.com/signup.php) will receive up to 50 Nigerian Naira commission for each new user joining MoboFree. In addition, the top affiliate each month will receive free advertising by MoboFree worth over 150,000 Nigerian Naira. “Most [...]

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Two New Books Out of Nigeria and Australia

Ade Adewale — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 07:07:34 +0000

Eagle Publishing Concepts at eaglepublishingconcepts.com, announces the addition of two new books for sale by independent authors. Boko Haram: Between Myth and Reality and A Cup of Verse. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) April 04, 2014 Boko Haram: Between Myth…

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Ogun State Fully Back The ‘‘I Support Child’s Education’’ Initiative

David Folami — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 23:31:41 +0000

The Nigeria-Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) Foundation, marking this year’s education of its education support initiative tagged, “I Support Child’s Education”, has continued its distribution of stationery packs containing books and other writing materials in Ogun State. The books distribution kicked off on Friday 17th January, 2014 with the Government Primary School, Gbessan, along Airport Road, [...]

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Ogun State Fully Back The ‘‘I Support Child’s Education’’ Initiative

Shola Johnson — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 22:55:20 +0000

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Print book reading tops in US despite rise of tablets

Ade Adewale — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:56:31 +0000

A Pew Research Center study release on Thursday showed that US readers reach for ink-and-paper books despite the rising popularity of tablets and digital works. While the portion of people who read e-books grew in the past year, most adults in the United…

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