Itseme Akede makes a boisterous entry into the Nigerian literary landscape with a self-published collection of three short ...

The choice of sacred trees varies across different African cultures and regions. For instance, the towering iroko tree holds significant importance among the Yoruba people of Nigeria, symbolizing the ...

Sustainability and craftsmanship is at the heart of the George Smith design ethos, using natural materials to manufacture ...

Recalling that the next landmark involves a tree, Makini suggests looking around nearby trees for it before Ono specifies it to be an Iroko tree, a particularly distinctive type of tree. Ono attempts ...

Do you know where Earth’s largest land animal lives? Or where the Iroko tree grows? How about the longest river in the world—do you know what continent it winds through before spilling into the ...

BY MACDONALD EBERE I have watched with particular interest the ever-changing dynamics of Imo State’s reputation and ...

Congratulating Soyinka in a statement he signed personally, Iba Gani Adams described the nobel laureate as an Iroko tree, that is so blessed by God and has always offered shelter and succour to ...

This is backed up by a Yoruba maxim which is interpreted in English that “the branches of an Iroko tree should be pruned at nursery to prevent a future damage.” This popular Yoruba maxim ...

Known as Abiku and Ogbanje respectively by the two ethnic groups, these children were believed, by the Yoruba, to belong to a coven of demons living in large iroko and baobab trees. It was common ...