3 Authors Rewarded As NLNG Spotlights Nigerian Storytelling

In concern with The Nigeria Prize for Literature, the Rainbow Book Club, sponsored by NLNG, has hosted a virtual Bookfest to honour the 3 authors shortlisted for the 2025 edition.

The shortlisted novels, successful nary peculiar order, are:Sanya by Oyin Olugbile, The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma, This Motherless Land by Nikki May.

In her remarks, the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development astatine NLNG, Sophia Horsfall, congratulated the shortlisted authors and commended their outstanding contributions to Nigerian literature.

She noted that the 3 works emerged arsenic the finest from a grounds 252 entries, attesting to Nigeria’s extent of creativity and storytelling.

“At NLNG, we are arrogant that The Nigeria Prize for Literature continues to animate excellence and spotlight Nigerian voices that talk to section realities and cosmopolitan quality experiences. Literature is much than art; it is simply a reflector that reflects who we are arsenic a radical and a compass that points america toward progress. Through this Prize, we reaffirm our committedness to preserving our taste practice portion encouraging caller generations of writers to dream, innovate, and inspire.”

In her speech, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Rainbow Book Club, Mrs Koko Kolango, praised the club’s collaboration with the Nigeria Prize for Literature, noting that initiatives similar the Bookfest assistance to span the spread betwixt writers and readers and foster a deeper appreciation of lit successful society.

She added that the grant has inspired Nigerian writers astatine location and abroad, contributing immensely to the nation’s cognition economy. According to her, the synergy betwixt the Rainbow Book Club and NLNG is simply a invited development, arsenic the concern of speechmaking and penning requires a corporate effort to thrive.

The Prize spotlights Prose Fiction this year, and the winning introduction volition beryllium announced successful October 2025.

The Bookfest brought the shortlisted works to beingness done captivating readings and an engaging league with the authors.

Now successful its 21st year, The Nigeria Prize for Literature continues its contented of rotating annually among 4 genres: Prose Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Children’s Literature.