For Oribhabor, “everyone is an opportunity requiring opportunities to blossom,” and he’s ready to provide these opportunities even when funding and support are not there. He doesn’t mind taking from his personal pockets to encourage young poets, who he believes still have the energy and can afford the selflessness required to use poetry for social change, and he has been doing just that, always thinking of innovative ways to support young and aspiring poets.
OLUMIDE HOLLOWAY’S AUDACITY, FAITH & PASSION: QUITTING BANKING TO PIONEER THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF SPOKEN WORD SHOWBIZ IN NIGERIA | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ PACESETTER PROFILE
King Olulu remains a pacesetter in the Nigerian poetry and spoken-word performance business. His works and their fruits speak for themselves, and it is only fitting that his name is etched in the good books of history.
MUSA MUHAMMAD USMAN IS THE WINNER OF THE 2022 WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD
Musa Muhammad Usman has won 2023 Words Rhymes & Rhythm Nigerian Teachers Award (WRR-NTA) which honours Nigerian teachers of the English Language, Literature, and Creative Arts who have made outstanding contributions.
ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE: EOPP 2022 TOP 10 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Ten poems by Nwuguru C. Sullivan, Inimfon Inyang-Kpanantia, Ebuka Evans, Hussani Abdulrahim, Nnadi Samuel, Blessing Omeiza Ojo, Oluwafisayo Akinfolami, Olalekan Daniel Kehinde, Okoronkwo Chisom, and Wuguru Chidiebere Sullivan have made it to the TOP 10 shortlist of the EOPP 2022.
OSIEKA OSINIMU ALAO WINS BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2022
The winning poem is defiant and near-prophetic social commentary in verse. It examines the Nigerian political experience and concludes with a prophetic declaration that is reminiscent of the current wave of political enlightenment sweeping through the country.
ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2022: SOONEST NATHANIEL, JIDE BADMUS & MARTINS DEEP TO JUDGE ₦100,000 CONTEST
Award-winning poets Soonest Nathaniel, Jide Badmus, and Martins Deep are the judges for the 10th edition of the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize, EOPP 2022. Over 450 entries were received for the N100,000 Prize between June and August 2022.
NOMINATE A TEACHER FOR THE 2022 WRR NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD
We are accepting nominations for the 2022 edition of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD (WRR-NTA) to mark the occasion of the 2022 World Teachers’ Day themed “The Transformation of Education Begins With Teachers”.
‘HALF OF A YELLOW SUN’ & ‘PARADISE LOST’ (three poems by Yohanna Singfuri Daniel)
Does God allow gods
To preach love & show hate
In the name Of holy communion?
THE ROCKS HAIL YOU (2 poems for Niyi Osundare by Dunni Ebenco)
the eyes of the rocks shine at your voice.
the legs of the hills dance dexterously,
at the rhythmicity of your verses
‘BECAUSE BOYS ARE NOT FLOWERS’, ‘BLEEDING EARTH’, ‘IN MY COUNTRY NO ONE PAYS TICKET FOR THE CONCERT’, ‘CITY OF LIGHTS & ‘AUBADE TO DAWN’ (five poems by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi)
Say, silence bears seeds & disperses them through the garden of this body.
Say, her flowers have thorns.
Say, this body is bleeding. Say, this body’s throat is slit & parched.