NAME: NWODIBO EKECHUKWU BOOK(S): ECHOES FROM NIGERIA (2018) GENRE: POETRY, PROSE (NON-FICTION) BIOGRAPHY: Nwodibo Ekechukwu, a Commissioner of Police, retired, studied Political Science at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Law at Imo State University, Owerri and the Nigerian Law School. He also attended courses at the Police Staff College, Jos, EFCC Training Institute, Abuja, International
NAME: TOMISIN OGUNNUBI BOOK(S): A WALK IN HER SHOES (2018, Co-author) GENRE: PROSE (NON-FICTION) BIOGRAPHY: OLUWATOMISIN JASMIN OGUNNUBI is a Nigerian High school student who came into the limelight when in 2016 she developed a location tracking App called ‘My Locator’ at the age of 12. The app has a feature where users in an
NAME: LUKE OGAR BOOK(S): FIRST LIGHT: 50 SELECTED POEMS (2018) GENRE: POETRY, PROSE BIOGRAPHY: LUKE OGAR is a medical doctor, an alumnus of the University of Ibadan. He has been writing since 2013 and is keen on poetry, story writing and general commentary. He also has a passion for music and dabbles into songwriting in his spare
NAME: YEWANDE OGUNNUBI BOOK(S): A WALK IN HER SHOES (2018, Co-author) GENRE: PROSE (NON-FICTION) BIOGRAPHY: YEWANDE OGUNNUBI is a lawyer by training and a passionate women and children’s rights advocate by calling. She has many years of experience in the international development space working to promote gender equity, human right, health and education systems strengthening
NAME: OPE DARA BOOK(S): HEELS ON STEEL (2018), LET ME RUN MAD TODAY (2018) GENRE: POETRY, PROSE, DRAMA AWARDS: NIL BIOGRAPHY: OPE DARA is a Nigerian writer born in Oka-Akoko, Ondo state. Dara, whose writings cuts across poetry, prose, and drama, describes herself as a literati who appreciates the polymorphous forms in which language attains.
