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August 14, 2024

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger Opens NAL Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja

The Farmer Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Bago has declared open the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) Creative Writing Capacity Building Workshop which took place on March 2, 2024. The workshop which was held at the University of Abuja ran through March 7, with participants assembled from across the country. The Niger State Chief Executive who was represented by a […]

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August 14, 2024

NAL Celebrates the Legacy of Professor Wole Soyinka at 90

Former Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has praised Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for his significant contributions to the nation’s development as he turns 90. At an international symposium organised by the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE), Osinbajo highlighted Soyinka’s literary achievements and his dedication to […]

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August 14, 2024

NAL President Pays Tribute to Late Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo

The President of, the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Prof. Sola Akinrinade has extolled the life and time of late Prof. Ayo Banjo, describing him as a devoted public intellectual who was an advocate for social justice, human rights, and cultural preservation. Prof. Akinrinade said despite his many achievements, Banjo remained a role model in humility, kindness, generosity and a […]

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September 29, 2023

Nigerians don’t need palliative, give good governance, Akinrinade tells politicians

Source: The Sun The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Prof Sola Akinrinade, has challenged politicians to provide good governance and stop the distribution of palliative that will not solve the problem of Nigerians. He faulted the palliative and other projects usually carried out by politicians saying that people need to be taught how to solve problems by themselves. […]

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September 29, 2023

NAL inducts nine fellows, 53 members

By Joseph Eshanokpe (The Nation Newspaper) The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) has inducted nine Fellows and 53 Members during its 25th Convocation and Investiture at the University of Lagos (UNILAG). The new Fellows were Professors Ayobami Kehinde, Asabe Usman, Solomon Oyetade, Herbert Igboanusi, Egodi Uchendu, Olufunke Adeboye, Emmanuel Dandaura and Isaac Olawale Albert. Among the new Members were Profs Bayo Oloyede, […]

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September 29, 2023

2023 NAL ELECTIONS – RESULT

NAL Electoral Committee is pleased to announce Prof. Andrew Haruna, FNAL as the winner of the 2023 NAL Vice Presidential Elections which was held today. The election was keenly contested, with Prof. Haruna garnering 82 votes (55.8%) against Prof. Sunny Enessi Ododo’s 65 votes (44.2%). Meanwhile, Prof. Sola Akinrinade, pioneer Vice Chancellor of Osun State University and Vice President, NAL, […]

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July 31, 2022

NAL to Induct 34 New Members, Invests 11 New Fellows

The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) has slated 34 scholars across disciplines for induction and 11 members to be invested as new Fellows at its 24th convocation and induction programme, which holds from Wednesday, August 10 to Friday, August 12, 2022. The three-day event, titled, “Cultural Commonalities in Nigeria’s Heterogeneity”, will have Professor Simeon Olusegun Ilesanmi delivering the convocation lecture titled, […]

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June 3, 2022

THE HALLMARKS OF LABOUR FOUNDATION ACKNOWLEDGES PROFESSOR EMERITUS AYO BANJO AS A CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL ROLE MODEL IN NIGERIA, AFRICA AND THE BLACK WORLD!

The President, Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Duro Oni, FNAL, on behalf of Fellows and Members of NAL, felicitates Professor Emeritus Ayo Banjo, FNAL, NNOM, on his well-deserved admittance into the Hall of Fame of the contemporary societal role models in Nigeria, Africa and the Black World. This acknowledgement was made on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at a public presentation […]

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June 3, 2022

SEVEN LEADING HUMANISTIC SCHOLARS ADMITTED INTO THE COLLEGE OF FELLOWS OF THE NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF LETTERS!

Today, June 1, 2022, I am delighted to announce that seven leading humanistic scholars have been conferred the award of the Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL). They have been admitted into the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy based on their outstanding contributions to scholarship and extension of frontiers of knowledge in their various subfields of the Humanities. […]

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August 28, 2021

COMMUNIQUE OF THE COMBINED 22ND AND 23RD NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF LETTERS (NAL) CONVOCATION AND INVESTITURE OF NEW FELLOWS, AND SCIENTIFIC SESSION HELD AT THE J.F. ADE.AJAYI AUDITORIUM, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, ON THURSDAY, 12TH AUGUST, 2021

PREAMBLE The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), an autonomous, non-political body of scholars in the humanities, held its 22nd and 23rd Combined Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows, and Scientific Session on Thursday, 12th August, 2021, at the J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos. The theme of the Convocation was “What is it to be Human?” In attendance were […]

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