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  "id": 13372073,
  "title": "Ogaga Ifowodo wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/ogaga-ifowodo-wins-100-000-nigeria-prize-for-literature",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T08:49:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/artsbooks/915849-ogaga-ifowodo-wins-100000-nigeria-prize-for-literature.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ogaga Ifowodo has won the 2024 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature with his poetry collection, ‘Why Does God Need a Gun?’, earning the $100,000 prize. According to Punch Nigeria, the winning collection emerged from 223 entries and examines religious and political violence in Nigeria through the imagined voice of a victim.\n\nThe Nigeria Prize for Literature is one of Africa’s most prestigious literary honours, recognising outstanding literary works by Nigerian writers.\n\nPeter Oghenetega Oke and Feranmi Abiola emerged joint winners of the inaugural Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts, which carries a $20,000 award, with Oke’s \"Beyond Tarkwa Bay\" and Abiola’s \"Mara Mania\". The winners were announced at NLNG’s Grand Award Night in Lagos State.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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