Ogaga Ifowodo is a lawyer, poet, writer, scholar and activist. He attended the University of Benin for his LL.B (Bachelor...
The Nigeria Prizes Rebrand
NLNG, on 29th January 2026, unveiled the new visual brand elements for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, The Nigeria Prize for Science, and the newly introduced The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts at a press conference in Lagos, marking a new phase in the evolution of these Nigeria’s foremost platforms for intellectual and creative excellence.
Nigeria Prizes Awards
The Nigeria Prize for Science
The Nigeria Prize for Science worth USD100,000 in award money, aims at celebrating excellence in scientific breakthroughs and honours scientists.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Nigeria Prize for Literature is one of the 10 richest and most prestigious literary prizes in the world and worth USD100,000 in award money.
The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts
The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts, with a $20,000 cash reward, aims to project creative forms of art that explore our shared Nigerian identity.
Nigeria Prizes Winners
Oyin Olugbile
Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025
Oyin Olugbile is a Nigerian-born author and cultural storyteller whose work boldly reimagines African myths, matriarchal power, and spiritual memory.
Olubunmi Familoni
Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024
Olubunmi Familoni writes plays, short fiction, and essays. His collection of stories, Smithereens of Death, won the ANA Prize for Short Stories in 2015.
Obari Gomba
Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2023
Obari Gomba won The Nigeria Prize for Literature (2023)
Romeo Oriogun
Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2022
Romeo Oriogun is the winner of The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2022 with his book of poems Nomad. Romeo is also the author of Sacrament of Bodies.
Cheluchi Onyemeluke-Onuobia
Literature Prize Winner For 2021
Cheluchi Onyemeluke-Onuobia is the winner of The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2021 with her book The son of the House
Peter Oghenetega Oke
Co-Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts 2026
Peter Oke is an award-winning filmmaker, creative technologist, and speculative designer whose work moves between social documentary, immersive media, and...
Feranmi Grace Abiola
Co-Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts 2026
Feranmi Abiola is a Nigerian filmmaker whose work is rooted in emotion, depth, and social impact. She graduated with First...
Mary-Brenda Akoda
Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation 2026
Mary-Brenda Akoda, also known as MB, is an internationally recognised Nigerian AI research scientist, inventor and serial entrepreneur pioneering transformative...
Shortlisted Authors of 2026 The Nigeria Prize for Literature
