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#Books

  1. Spotify launched audiobooks in Nigeria on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, through an Audiobooks+ add-on costing ₦2,300 a month for 15 hours of listening.
  2. Both Free and Premium users can buy the add-on, an extra 10 hours costs ₦2,700, and unused hours do not roll over.
  3. Nigerian publishers and self-published authors can upload audiobooks through Spotify for Authors and reach listeners in more than 180 markets.
Gist Reel

TV & Streaming · 3 min read

Spotify audiobooks land in Nigeria at ₦2,300 for 15 hours a month

Spotify users in Nigeria can now add 15 hours of audiobooks a month for ₦2,300, and local authors can upload their own books. Here is how it works and what it costs.

Spotify has launched audiobooks in Nigeria. Listeners on its free and paid plans can now add 15 hours of audiobook listening a month for ₦2,300, the company said when the service went live on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. Until now, Spotify offered audiobooks in only 22 markets. Nigeria is part of an expansion to more than 180 markets by the…

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  1. Ogaga Ifowodo won the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature for his poetry collection Why Does God Need a Gun? in Lagos on Friday, 9 October 2026.
  2. He beat finalists James Ngwu Eze and Tares Oburumu, after the judges considered 223 entries for this year's poetry edition.
  3. Peter Oghenetega Oke and Feranmi Abiola shared the first $20,000 Nigeria Prize for Creative Arts for their documentaries.
Gist Reel

Nigeria · 3 min read

Ogaga Ifowodo wins $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature with poetry collection

The poet and lawyer beat James Ngwu Eze and Tares Oburumu to the 2026 prize, sponsored by NLNG and devoted to poetry this year, with Why Does God Need a Gun?

Ogaga Ifowodo has won the 2026 Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth $100,000, for his poetry collection Why Does God Need a Gun? He was named the winner at Nigeria LNG Limited's Grand Award Night in Lagos on Friday, 9 October 2026, Premium Times and Business Post reported. The collection, published by Masobe Books, was chosen from 223 entries, according to…

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Nollywood · Video

From screenplay to top 10: how The God Weaver found its readers

Duke Terry Gbande's AI-assisted novel now ranks No. 10 on Amazon's African Myths & Legends best sellers list, after a launch that put AI in Nigerian literature up for debate.

ABUJA, Nigeria: When Duke Terry Gbande's The God Weaver book was launched at XL Creative Hub, the debate in the room was about artificial intelligence. The book now ranks No. 10 on Amazon's African Myths & Legends best sellers list, which suggests readers are engaging with the work itself. The novel grew out of a screenplay by Tejiri Awanovwe, also…

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