Friday, 26 May 2017
UNN hosts NSPP 2017
UNN HOST NIGERIAN STUDENTS POETRY PRIZE (NSPP) 2017 REVEALS JUDGES FOR 2ND EDITION OF NSPP
Poets in Nigeria (PIN) have revealed members of the judging panel for the second edition of the Nigerian Students Poetry Prize which closed to submissions on 15th April, 2017.
The 8-man judging panel chaired by Professor Akachi Ezeigbo includes award-winning writers. Poets and critics such as Denja Abdullahi, Oladele Babajamu, Ismail Bala, Ceri Naz, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, Bassey Asuquo and Okeke Job Izuchukwu.
The announcement was made yesterday in Baytown Lounge, Gudu District, Abuja in a stakeholders’ meeting attended by President of PIN, Eriata Oribhabor; CEO of Baytown Lounge, Charles Chizor Onuba; Moderator of NSPP 2017, Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom and Kenneth Tyoakaa Azahan, a journalist.
Giving a statistical overview of submissions, Kolade stated that, a total of 725 Nigerian undergraduates from 102 tertiary institutions in Nigeria and abroad applied for the prize.
Reiterating the objectives of the prize, Eriata Oribhabor said that, “The prize would continually stimulate creativity among Nigerian undergraduates and create an esteemed platform for the appreciation of their poetic prowess.”
Poets in Nigeria had earlier intimated the public about securing the approval of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka for the use of its Enugu Campus for the awards ceremony slated for 17th June.2017
The maiden edition of the prize entertained 320 entries from 64 tertiary institutions with Noah Oladele (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife), Chinelo Nwangwu (University of Ibadan) and Chisom Okafor (University of Nigeria, Nsukka) declared 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winners respectively.
NSPP 2017 JUDGES ANNOUNCEMENT
Poets in Nigeria (PIN) are pleased to announce Professor Akachi Ezeigbo, Mallam Denja Abdullahi, Oladele Babajamu, Ismail Bala, Ceri Naz, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, Bassey Asuquo and Okeke Job Izuchukwu as judges for the 2nd edition of the Nigerian Students Poetry Prize.
Profiles of members of the judging panel chaired by Professor Akachi Ezeigbo are shared below:
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo was born and raised in Eastern Nigeria, but now lives in Lagos. Raised partially in a rural environment and partially in the city, she combines these two factors, as background and setting for her children’s stories and adult fiction.
She obtained her Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Masters (MA) degrees in English from the University of Lagos and her Ph.D from University of Ibadan, in Nigeria. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) from University of Lagos.
A lecturer, writer, novelist, critic, essayist, journalist, and administrator, she was appointed a professor of English at University of Lagos in 1999. She has taught in this university, in the Department of English, since 1981. She headed the English Department in 1997 and 1998, from 2002-2005, and 2008-2009.
In September 2015, Prof Ezeigbo relocated to Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, in South-East Nigeria, where she has continued to teach students and mentor younger lecturers.
Denja Abdullahi is a poet, playwright, literary essayist and culture technocrat. Born in August, 1969 at Idah, he hails from Agbaja in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State. He has been writing poetry for over two decades since his days as a student of English and literature at the University of Jos, Nigeria, where he was the best graduating student of the 1990 set. He also has a Masters in Literature-in-English, acquired at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria in 1992. His poems and other literary pieces have appeared in anthologies such as A Volcano of Voices (1999), Uncle Bola’s Promise (2003), Confluence Blues (2004), Abuja Acolytes (2000), Five Hundred Nigerian Poets (2005), Camouflage (2006), Crossroads(2008), Pyramids (2008), Fireflies (2009), Agogo (2009) and in several other newspapers, reviews, journals and magazines. His first published poetic volume Ma
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