Olugbile, Obioma, May shortlisted for Nigeria Prize for Literature, winner smiles home with $100,000 on October 10
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, sponsors of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, has announced Oyin Olugbile, Chigozie Obioma, and Nikki May as finalists for the 2025 edition of the prize in the fiction category. Sophia Horsfall, General Manager of External Relations and Sustainable Development and Senior Management Executive at NLNG, made this announcement […]
Japanese Rie Qudan confesses her award-winning novel was written with ChatGPT
34-year-old Japanese author Rie Qudan has confessed that her award-winning novel, ‘Sympathy Tower Tokyo’, was partly written with the assistance of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. The original Japanese version of the novel was first published on January 17, 2024. The English version, translated by Jesse Kirkwood, was published on August 21, 2025, by […]
Quramo Publishers announces 2025 prize longlist
The organisers of the Quramo Writers’ Prize have announced the longlists of writers for the 2025 edition of the prize. The longlist comprised 20 Nigerians and Africans who submitted their unpublished fiction manuscripts for the prize. Nigeria-based Quramo Publishers founded the prize in 2017 to encourage and stimulate a new community of talented writers and […]
ANA, APNETI, others celebrate Wale Okediran’s reelection as PAWA Secretary General
Award-winning Nigerian author and medical doctor, Wale Okediran, has been celebrated by notable Nigerians and literary associations for his reelection as the Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), a position he is holding for the second time. Okediran’s new position was announced after PAWA’s 2025 General Assembly elections, guided by a newly […]
What Dangote, Okonjo-Iweala, Adesina, DJ Cuppy said about Femi Otedola’s ‘Making It Big’
Notable Nigerians, including Aliko Dangote, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, and Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, have commented and lauded Femi Otedola for writing a book titled ‘Making It Big: Lessons From A Life In Business’ A few days ago, Nigerian entrepreneur, billionaire, and philanthropist, Femi Otedola, announced that ‘Making It Big’, […]