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brittlepaper.com /4 days ago

Sabi Arts Launches Playwright Prize for Nigerian Dramatists, With â‚¦1.4 Million in Awards and a Full Stage Production |...

Sabi Arts Limited has launched the Sabi Arts Playwright Prize, an annual award for new and emerging Nigerian playwrights, with a total prize pool of â‚¦1,400,000, a full stage prod...

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fabwoman.ng /1 month ago

8 Nigerian Authors Whose Books Have Won Critical Acclaim

From globally celebrated novelists to emerging voices gaining international recognition, these female authors have taken Nigerian stories beyond the country’s borders and onto so...

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punchng.com /1 week ago

Nigerian leaders viciously greedy, self-loving – Osofisan

Playwright Femi Osofisan has described Nigeria’s political leaders as “viciously greedy” and indifferent, warning their disposition is a danger to the coun Read More: https://punc...

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thisdaylive.com /1 month ago

â€ŽÂ National Theatre to Boost Northern Artists with Creative Economy, Financial Literacy Drive

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano The National Theatre moved to integrate artists from Northern Nigeria into the mainstream of the country’s creative economy through a deliberate push focus...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Five Filmmakers Move Forward for the Inaugural $20,000 Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts

Five documentary filmmakers have emerged as finalists for the maiden edition of the Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts (NPCA), narrowed down from an initial longlist of eleven that it...

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pmnewsnigeria.com /1 week ago

‘You will hear grammar’: Peller plans livestream with Wole Soyinka

Soyinka, a renowned playwright, poet and novelist, made history in 1986 when he became the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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pmnewsnigeria.com /1 month ago

Eze, Ifowodo, Oburumu make final shortlist for $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

The 2026 edition is dedicated to poetry, continuing the prize's four-year rotation among prose fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature. According to the Advisory Board, ch...

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thenews-chronicle.com /1 month ago

Acts of Political Theatre That Are Unamusing

The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. Th...

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premiumtimesng.com /2 weeks ago

Ogaga Ifowodo wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

The poet’s winning collection examines religious and political violence in Nigeria through the imagined voice of a victim. The post Ogaga Ifowodo wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Li...

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punchng.com /5 days ago

Okoye, Nnadozie suffer as Durosinmi, Nnadi shine

Read a roundup of Nigerian footballers’ performances in Europe, as Maduka Okoye and Chiamaka Nnadozie concede while Alex Iwobi and Rafiu Durosinmi score. Read More: https://punchn...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Eze, Ifowodo, and Oburumu Make Final Three for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 2026

The Nigeria Prize for Literature has narrowed its 2026 poetry field down to a shortlist of three: James Ngwu Eze’s Unbind Me Now, Ogaga Ifowodo’s Why Does God Need a Gun?, and Tare...

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brittlepaper.com /2 weeks ago

Theresa Ikoko’s Award-Winning Play Girls Gets Its First Major UK Revival at the Young Vic, October 22 – November 21, 202...

Theresa Ikoko’s Girls, the prize-winning play about three Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by militant insurgents, returns to the London stage this autumn. Directed by Ewa Dina, the p...

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punchng.com /1 month ago

Osimhen, Iheanacho, Lookman score in victories

Super Eagles stars Osimhen, Iheanacho, and Lookman all scored for their European clubs. Read about the Nigerian players’ impressive performances. Read More: https://punchng.com/os...

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punchng.com /5 days ago

Africa reclaims slave trade narrative on MUSON stage

A new stage play, Odigbose, premiered at the MUSON Centre, Lagos, to retell the story of the transatlantic slave trade from an African perspective. Read More: https://punchng.com/...

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thisdaylive.com /2 weeks ago

Nigeria: Stewarding the Hope of a Continent

Nigeria can deploy its rich reservoir of soft power to advance Africa’s quest for a more equitable and representative United Nations, but it must first put its own house in

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thisdaylive.com /1 month ago

Willis Ikedum: Refining Nollywood

Vanessa Obioha writes that award-winning Nollywood filmmaker Willis Ikedum has built his career around asking questions, challenging conventions and refusing to accept that things...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

Two Nigerian Poets, Tolu Oloruntoba and Othuke Umukoro, Shortlisted for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry

The finalists for the 2026 Walcott Prize are out! Two Nigerian poets have made the finalist list for the 2026 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, awarded annually by Arrowsmith Press i...

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brittlepaper.com /1 month ago

“What Does the Poem Say About Nigeria?” A Conversation with the Three Finalists for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Liter...

What can poetry hold when a country is carrying too much history? For Ogaga Ifowodo, James Ngwu Eze and Tares Oburumu, poetry becomes a way of looking closely at Nigeria: at the vi...

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brittlepaper.com /1 week ago

Two Nigerian Writers, Ope Adedeji and Svetlana Chigozie Onye, Make the Shortlist for the £1,000 2026 4thWrite Short Stor...

The shortlist for the 2026 4thWrite Prize, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, is out. Run by the publisher 4th Estate in association with the Guardian, the prize is a shor...

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brittlepaper.com /1 week ago

Losing the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature: The Writers Must Receive Our Kindness by Obinna Udenwe

Writing, as has been said by many people, is a solitary and mentally draining job. The writer conceives the idea for the story, takes time out of his busy schedule and proceeds to...

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premiumtimesng.com /1 month ago

TRIBUTE: Ògògó: Death on the River Bank

By the time Ogunde died in 1990, Ogogo was already a rising star, and the Alarinjo travelling Theatre culture was being disrupted by time, economy of scale, evolving technology and...

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timeout.com /1 month ago

Britain’s greatest living playwright Caryl Churchill has just announced a new play starring Kate O’Flynn

‘Widow’s Bay’ star O’Flynn will head up the legendary writer’s new play ‘Triumph’ at the Almeida

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lindaikejisblog.com /1 month ago

Nigerian politicians and celebrities mourn veteran actor Olu Jacobs

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Minister o

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thisdaylive.com /1 month ago

Oseni, Olayinka And The Gbewudani Metaphor

By Niran Adedokun Amongst many others, two things sicken me about Nigerian politicians. The first is their capacity to approbate and reprobate. You know that inclination to blow ho...

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