Ifowodo wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Ifowodo wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature

Ogaga Ifowodo has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature and its $100,000 prize money for his poetry collection, ‘Why Does God Need a Gun?’.

Ogaga Ifowodo wins The Nigeria Prize for Literature with “Why Does God Need a Gun?”

*Beyond Tarkwa Bay by Peter Oghenetega Oke and Mara Mania by Feranmi Abiola Share Creative Arts Honour * Soyinka highlights imagination as a vital link between literature Ogaga Ifowodo’s Why Does God Need a Gun? has won The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2026, securing one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honours and its $100,000 cash […]

Ogaga Ifowodo Wins $100,000 For Poetry On Violence

Poetry exploring the human cost of violence in Nigeria has earned Ogaga Ifowodo the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature and its $100,000 award. The Nigerian poet, lawyer and activist won with Why Does God Need a Gun?, a collection published by Masobe Books that the prize’s advisory board chair, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, described as a sensitive […]

2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature Awarded to Ogaga Ifowodo

Nigerian poet and lawyer Ogaga Ifowodo has been awarded the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his poetry collection "Why Does God Need a Gun?" The announ...