Eze, Ifowodo, Oburumu make final 3 for $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature
By Prisca Sam-DuruThe Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the final shortlist for 2026. Poets James Ngwu Eze, Ogaga Ifowodo and Tares Oburumu are now in the running for the `$100,000 award. The authors made it through from a longlist of 11, which itself came from 223 entries submitted early this […]
Epic literary showdown as 252 novelists compete for NLNG’s $100,000 lit Prize
The stage is set and as it stands, one out of the overwhelming 252 entries received for the 2025 Nigeria Prize For Literature will, expectedly, emerge victorious come October this year.
‘Nigeria Jaga Jaga’ will continue to be second National Anthem, Eedris Abdulkareem
Controversial Nigerian rapper and activist, Eedris Abdulkareem, has declared that his iconic 2001 protest song, Nigeria Jaga Jaga, will remain the country’s unofficial second national anthem—until the issues it addresses are resolved.
Adeyemi exhibits “Beyond the Veil”
Building on the momentum of the success of the series of exhibitions organized to mark his formal disengagement from the academia in 2024, renowned master artist, Dr. Kunle Adeyemi is again set to thrill art lovers and collectors with unveiling of another extraordinary art exhibition, combining the worlds of art, cuisine, and community at the famous Eric Fayser Restaurant, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Excitement as TAFTA graduates 8,000 students
The power of the art in driving change in any society was massively projected on Friday, at the graduation ceremony of the 2025 set of the Terra Academy for the Arts (TAFTA).
Among my generation, it wasn’t ‘cool’ to be into reading or writing – Tobenna Uruakpa
Young Nigerian-US author shares with Cynthia Alo, insights into his writing journey, his debut novel, ‘Guardian of the Locket’, and his hopes for the future of Nigeria’s reading culture.
