What was once described as a fiercely competitive 2025 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature now appears to have been an underestimation of the intensity of the race. The Prize’s Advisory Board on Wednesday revealed the Longlist of 11 titles, setting the stage for an epic battle for the prestigious literary prize.
The list of the best 11 prose works, arranged in alphabetical order of the book titles:
Scores of bandits have been killed in a clash between rival bandit groups in Between near Mada on the road Gusau and Tsafe LGA in Zamfara State.
Zagazola Makama understand that the violent confrontation on Sunday morning, instigated by two infamous bandit groups of Kachallah Mai Yankuzu and Dogo Bali, marked one the bloodiest encounters in the prolonged feud between the two factions.
The Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reacted to the communal clash between Ilobu amd Ifon communities, imposing curfew on the affected communities to enforce law and order.
According to the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, in a public statement available to ITREALMS, reads as follows.
