The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has unveiled the longlist of 11 books contending for the prestigious 2024 prize, selected from a competitive pool of 163 entries. This year’s focus is on children’s literature, highlighting the importance…
163 entries flood 2024 Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has reached a significant milestone in its 20th year, receiving an impressive 163 entries in children literature for the 2024 edition. At a ceremony held in Lagos on Thursday,…
The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024 opens call for submissions
The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the commencement of submissions for the 2024 edition. This prestigious award, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited, seeks to recognise and honour the author of the best book by a Nigerian writer. The prize,…
Nigeria Prize for Literature receives 143 entries, a record 61% increase in Drama cycle
The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), has recorded a remarkable 61% increase in entries for Drama cycle, with 143 entries received for the 2023 edition against 89 entries in the last Drama cycle in 2018.…
Celebrating Akachi the Mother of Books — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Quietude sits well with Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, and calmness is the word for her, but the music was so compelling that she had to stand up and dance. The mellifluous music issuing forth from Gerald Eze and his Ichoku Ensemble…
Dr Ifeoma Ezinne Odinye named director of the Akachi Ezeigbo Prize for Literature
Literary critic and lecturer, Dr Ifeoma Ezinne Odinye, is the director of the newly established Akachi Ezeigbo Prize for Literature. This was made known in a press statement by Abibiman Publishing founder, Onyeka Nwelue, who instituted the prize in honour…
Yishau Olukorede, Samuel Monye, 9 others vie for NLNG prize 2021
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced a shortlist of 11 books and writers for the 2021 edition of the NLNG prize. The list of 11 was distilled from 202 books and writers who sent in…