A Poet and Lawyer, Tade Ipadeola, has emerged winner of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Prize for Literature 2013 for his collection of poems, "The Sahara Testament".

Announcing his choice on Wednesday in Lagos, NLNG General Manager, Dr. Udo Eresia-Eke, praised the poet’s work, describing it as ‘’encompassing vast stores of knowledge in an encyclopaedic dimension.’’

According to the judges, led by Professor Romanus Egudu, ‘’Ipadeola’s use of poetic language demonstrates a striking marriage of thought and verbal artistry expressed in the blending of sound and sense.”

With prize money of $100,000, the NLNG prize is regarded as one of the biggest literary awards in Africa and also a very important way to encourage literary efforts in Nigeria. The prize, which is awarded annually, is being rotated among the four literary genres of prose fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature. This year’s award was for poetry.
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