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A book which is a collection of poems on nationhood, life and humanity will be launched on May 12.

Arukaino Umukoro, a Nigerian journalist, authored the book, titled “The Memory of Seasons”.

The event is billed to take place at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja with Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo as the special guest of honour.

The launch will also feature a panel discussion with the theme “Conversations on Nigeria’s unity In Diversity: challenges and opportunities”.

Efe Paul-Azino, poet and director, Lagos international poetry festival, said to read Arukaino Umukoro’s work is to see the world both as it is and as it could be.

“This duality—this gift of seeing—a mark of journalistic range and poetic temperament, shines through this stellar collection of poems, infusing his work with a unique clarity and depth that deftly navigates the nuances of love, nationhood and humanity,” Paul-Azino said.

Umukoro has won several awards as a journalist over the years. In 2013, he won the Nigeria Media Merit Award and won it for the second time in 2017.

In 2015, Arukaino was named the CNN/MultiChoice Africa journalist in the sports category.

He also won the S.O. Idowu prize for sports reporting in which he was the second runner-up in 2017.