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January 15th, 2026
Nigeria Poetry Contest #2 – First Place
To Be a Woman
by Taofeeqoh Oriyomi Aduke
(Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026
Please Let Me Be Me
by Aisha Sideeqoh Kuti
(Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026
Night I Love
by Isowa Ohonbamu
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026
When the Abyss Wears a Face
by Adeyeye Ifeoluwa Christiana
(Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026
Hold Me / Pages
by Tamilore Ayeni
(Mende, Lagos, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2025
We Were Once Boys
by Sandra Paul
(Abuja, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2025
Nigeria Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
Gọlugọ: The Mudskipper
by Sheriff Olanweraju
(Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2025
The NEPA Marketer
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2025
Tales by Moonlight
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024
The Moon Finds Cracks to Weep Through
by Nwodo Divine
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024
Jollof Rice
by Mayanna Maya
(Warri, Delta State, Nigeria)
September 15th, 2024
Burning Scroll
by Grace Orobosa
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
May 15th, 2024
I Am Nigerian, and So What?
by Olufunminiyi Salawu
(Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2024
Nigerian Youths
by Nkoyo Nsa
(Odukpani, Cross River, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2023
Of Farm and Life
by Sola Ajibogere
(Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2023
The Island of Daznah
by Sanusi Majeed
(Ilora, Kwara State, Nigeria)
May 1st, 2023
Orishà's Voice
by Mary Ini Okaka
(Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2022
Udoka
by acilegnA
(Lagos, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2022
Warm Hands of Death
by Emmanuel Adindu
(Abuja, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2022
Married to the Devil
by Divine Ehidiamhen
(Abuja, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2022
Black Woman
by Meshack Ifada
(Lagos, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2021
"Questions and Wishes"
by Alozie Chigozirim Ekene
(Lagos, Nigeria)
September 1st, 2021
"Betrayal"
by Nurudeen Ibrahim
(Orun State, Nigeria)
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