Author: The Eagle Online

Ikeogu Oke has been named as the winner of the 2017 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. The announcement was made on Monday by the Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature and Nigeria LNG Limited. The NLNG award goes with a cash prize of $100,000. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the prize, Emeritus Prof. Ayo Banjo, at a news conference in Lagos. Oke’s collection of poems, The Heresiad, emerged winner from among 184 entries received for the competition. According to Prof. Banjo: “Poetry competition for the prize is always very…

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