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Literary Luminary, Tunde Olusunle, Bestowed Prestigious Ogo Okun Award 2025

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The Ogo Okun award
The Ogo Okun award

The prestigious Ogo Okun Award 2025 was today conferred upon the distinguished poet, journalist, scholar, and author, Dr Tunde Olusunle by the Yeye Oge Ti Ile Okun/Initiator, Ile’Ya Omo Okun Generational Foundation (IOOGF) in Kabba, Kogi State. He was ably represented by Dr. Stephen Adewumi of the Federal University Lokoja.

Olusunle, a former presidential aide,  Fellow of the Association of Nigerian Authors (FANA) and  respected teacher of Creative Writing at the University of Abuja, was honoured for his immense contributions to Nigerian literature, journalism, academia, and community development.

His prolific career, spanning decades, has seen the publication of powerful poetry collections, incisive journalistic commentary, seminal scholarly works, commitment to community services in Okun land and the world over, all of which have cemented his place as a vital voice in the national and Pan-African literary landscape

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