2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature

2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature
Date10 October 2025
LocationEko Hotels and Suites, Lagos
CountryNigeria

The 2025 Nigeria Prize for Literature is a literary award worth US$100,000 given for the best English-language novel published by a Nigerian author. The winner, Oyin Olugbile for her novel Sanya, was announced on 10 October 2025 at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos.

Focused on prose fiction, there were 252 entries during the submission space. The jury consisted of Saeedat Bolajoko Aliyu, the chairman, Stephen Mbanefo Ogene, and Olakunle Kasumu. On 26 July 2025, 11 books were longlisted and were announced by Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, the chairman of the advisory board. Chika Unigwe and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, who won the prize in 2012 and 2016 respectively were among the longlist.

On 30 August 2025, the shortlist was released and it contained only three books; This Motherless Land by Nikki May, The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma and Sanya by Oyin Olugbile. On 10 October 2025, Oyin Olugbile was announced as the winner for her novel Sanya.

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