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I would like to share my thoughts about nurturing writers with the teenage writers here, but also with the adults here who by choice, by inclination, by official responsibility, are custodians of the teenagers. Custodians of the teenagers by way of offering guides and counsels, by way of programmatically nurturing the young minds towards achieving their dreams, by way of giving formal teaching in schools and other places of learning, by way of providing the incentives, the facilities, and the conducive environment for the imparting and acquisition of knowledge, formal and informal. In talking to the teenagers, I am also talking to their parents, to their teachers, to officials of education ministry, and to politicians who must take an interest in the growth and development of the tender minds.             Talking about teenagers is talking about the future. It is precisely the idea of the future that occupied my mind as I thought of writing this address. It is indeed the r

The Niger state chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors will tomorrow, Saturday, March 11, 2017 host Poet Zacham Bayei at its Writer's Spell. The Spell is a forum where established and promising writers critique the guest writer's work. It aims to imbue the work under critique with high craftsmanship to achieve better literary quality when published.  Zacham Baiye Zacham Bayei was born 34 years ago in Og oja, Cross River State of Nigeria. Shortly after his birth his parents relocated to Lagos State, where he did his elementary education. After that, he proceeded to Command Secondary School Kaduna, and later Kaduna State Polytechnic Zaria, where he did a pre-degree (IJMBE) programme and gained admission into Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, to study Literature- in- English.  Later he obtaine d a Post-Graduate Diploma in Intercultural Communication and Conflict Resolution (PGDIC) from the University of Abuja, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), N

The birthday of Abubakar Gimba, late novelist and former President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is March 10. The writer whose published novels include A Trail of Sacrifice, Witnesses to Tears, Innocent Victims, Sacred Apples, Sunset for A Mandarin and other poetry, short story and essay titles died on 25th February, 2015 aged 63.   To preserve and promote his invaluable legacies of fine writings, strong character and philanthropy, the Association of Nigerian Authors, Niger state chapter in collaboration with The Arts-Muse Fair news blog will mark his  65th posthumous birthday with a public discussion, themed "Abubakar Gimba: His Writings & Influences” on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at the Niger State Book and other Intellectual Resource Devel opment Agency (NSBIREDA) Hall, F-layout, Minna, Niger S tate, Nigeria by 12 noon. Mal. Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmed, a lecturer in the Dept. of English, IBB University, Lapai, will present a paper at the eve