Nigeria, Oct. 10 -- Nigerian poet, lawyer and activist Ogaga Ifowodo has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his poetry collection, Why Does God Need a Gun? taking home the $100,000 award.

Mr Ifowodo was announced as the winner at Nigeria LNG Limited's Grand Award Night in Lagos on Friday night.

At the ceremony, filmmakers Peter Oghenetega Oke and Feranmi Abiola also emerged as joint winners of the inaugural Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts for their documentaries, Beyond Tarkwa Bay and Mara Mania, respectively.

The filmmakers shared the category's $20,000 prize.

Established in 2004 and sponsored by NLNG, the Nigeria Prize for Literature rotates annually among prose fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature on a four-y...