Professors Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, Ahmed Yerima and Olu Obafemi have been named to the advisory board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited. The company made the announcement during a virtual press briefing Wednesday called to…
CORA fetes Nigeria Prize for Literature winners at 2020 Book Party
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) in collaboration with the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), is set to celebrate winners of the prize through the years in a special edition of the annual CORA-NPL…
Jude Idada wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature
Jude Idada’s Boom Boom has won the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, for the 2019 cycle on Children’s Literature. Boom Boom beat Mysteries at Ebenezer’s Lodge by Dunni Olatunde and The Great Walls of Benin by…
CORA Book Party for Nigeria Prize finalists holds Sunday
The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) will on Sunday at the Muson Centre in Lagos host the longlisted authors in this year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature to its annual Book Party. A CORA statement by its Programme Chair, Jahman Anikulapo,…
11 authors make the initial shortlist for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019
The longlist for the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Literature has been announced by the Nigeria LNG Limited, which sponsors the $100,000 award. The announcement was made on social media via Facebook live Thursday and in a statement by the company’s…
NLNG announces longlist of 11 for 2019 Literature Prize
The longlist for the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Literature has been announced by the Nigeria LNG Limited, which sponsors the $100,000 award. The announcement was made on social media via Facebook live Thursday. Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, who is Nigeria LNG Limited’s…
Children’s Literature: Nigeria Prize for Literature receives 173 entries
The 2019 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has started the judging circle of the Children’s Literature genre with the handover of 173 entries to the judging panel. The number of entries this…
I’ve read all the books on the Nigeria Prize for Literature longlist – Soji Cole
Soji Cole, winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2018, has said that since the inception of the prize currently worth $100,000 to the winner and endowed by Nigeria LNG Limited, he has taken it as a mandate to read…
NLNG flags off 2019 Nigeria Prize for Science, Literature, and Literary Criticism competitions
The Advisory Boards for The Nigeria Prize for Science, The Nigeria Prize for Literature and The Literary Criticism Prize, sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited, have published the Call for Entries for the 2019 edition of the prizes, flagging off…
Remembering Ikeogu Oke – Michael Jimoh
On Friday, September 22, 2017, I met and spoke with, for the first time, Ikeogu Oke, one of three poets shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature the same year. Others were Ogaga Ifowodo and Tanure Ojaide. Three of them…