Ah! My people, wetin we dey yarn today na serious matter o! Nigeria LNG don open entries for di 2026 edition of Nigeria Prizes, and this year wey dem wan focus on serious topics like Artificial Intelligence, poetry, and documentary filmmaking. Na beta wah for our creatives!
Sophia Horsfall, wey be di big oga for NLNG external relations, come drop di gist for us sey dis 2026 cycle no be amebo talk, na serious business. For literature, dem dey call on Nigerian poets, no matter if you dey ground or abroad, make you submit your poetry collections wey don publish since 2023. Di prize for literature dey hot, e reach $100,000! Na so dem wan encourage all di poets make their voices dey feel.
But no just stop for poetry o! Di newly introduced Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts go feature documentary filmmaking. Dis prize go dey challenge young filmmakers between ages 18 to 35 to tell di stories wey matter, wey go show who we be as Nigerians. Di first prize e dey worth $20,000, and di theme na ‘Identity’. Na wah, wey dem wan make our young creatives shine!
Horsfall yan sey dis year, di Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation go dey look for innovations wey fit change di game for ICT, artificial intelligence, and digital tech. E get $100,000! Dem need scientists wey fit bring real solutions wey go work for Naija, no more theories, we wan practical solutions! Dis prize dey push boundaries, to show sey science no go just dey for theory side, dem wan see wetin e fit do.
Di chairman for Advisory Board, Prof. Barth Nnaji, come don dey push di scientists, make dem no dey carry last. He don dey call for entries wey go show say dem fit scale am up and down. If dem get any beta innovations wey fit fly, dis na di time to show am!
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, wey dey handle di literature and creative arts prize, don talk sey dis new prize go dey add more spice to wetin NLNG don dey do for more than two decades. E say, ‘Excellence no be one-sided, no matter if e dey written, spoken, or filmed.‘ Na true talk be dat!
Nigeria Prizes don scatter ground for ejiro, creativity don dey redefined, and dem wan show say Naija no dey rest for excellence. Dis action come remind all creatives say di sky no be di limit; instead, dem fit reach out to di stars and beyond!
So, my people, if you sabi how to pen beautiful words or if you be filmmaker wey get tori to tell, wetin you dey wait for? Make the vibe spread far and wide, and let’s see wetin our people fit achieve. Biko, let dem get all di entries in sharp-sharp before di deadline!
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