We are pleased to formally announce the list of qualified entries for the Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) 2026 Grand Finale. This selection represents outstanding works from regions that have successfully concluded their exhibitions and completed the adjudication process. These entries form the Top 100 artworks shortlisted nationwide and have demonstrated exceptional creativity, technical strength, and thoughtful engagement with this year’s theme. ABUJA REGION Ishaya Victor — Que sera, sera? — Male Usman Enemona Marvelous — Open Letter to the Deep — Male Adewole Oluwadamilola Victoria — To the Wounds That Refuse to Heal — Female Aje Positive Elijah — Root Runs Deep — Male Joseph Steve — The Ambivalence of Actions and Inactions — Male Ojo John — Many Good Heads — Male Augustine Martin Ebuka — Green White Green Like Babel — Male Emmanuel Akintunde — Rooted in Peace — Male JALINGO REGION Iyanda Faith — 12 months, 12 hands- on solutions instead of complaining — Female Doowuese Prisicilla Oryina — Sacred slates, Streets and survival by chance — Female Sayeed momoh — The life we hold together— Male Obeka Simon — Breaking Chains Not Spirit — Male Bilkisu Oyiza Shuaibu — Mai Kitso — Female John Motorola Elizabeth — Echoes of Survival — Female Augustine Ephraim Bairik — To Whom I Couldn't Speak — Male Jerry Clement — Dear Tomorrow — Male Jonah edebo Omagbogu — The Echoes before the bell -Male Tolulope Ami-Williams — The Holy Seed will be the Stump — Female ZARIA REGION Gushi Clinton Data — How do I play my part? — Male Success Emeka — The Tomorrow We Might Never See — Female Michael Peter Oche — Never Give Up — Male Zayyad Abdulkadir — What goes around, comes around — Male YOLA REGION Abba Adams — Body of Violence — Male Levi Jonah— Doom — Male CALABAR/UYO REGION Kayode Oluwakpelumi — Open World: Where Everything Grows — Male Ruth Emmanuel — The Rat Race — Female Emmanuel Okonkwo —Restitution (what is left of us) — Male Best Uti Stanley — An Open Letter to Sel — Female AKAH, EVA EDEDEM — Opening New Wounds — Female Udo Ime Okon — An Open letter to my dear dad. — Male JOS REGION Nicholas Paul Sunkur — The Glitch Cost of Silence — Male Noel Patrick — Unity in Diversity — Male Stephanie Zemnaan Tallen — We are whatever is left of us— Female Onah Eche Augustine —A nation on Trial— Male Azigbo Dafe Samuel — Dear death, your voice sounds like mine.—Male Dakas Timothy Hosea — A letter unread — Male Titus Samuel Manyam— Uncontained — Male AWKA REGION Eze Marcellius Onyeka — Ancestral Echo — Male Charleslouis Azuakor Kelechukwu — Mgbidi — Male Obi Micheal Chukwuemeka — Before Our Eyes — Male Chinecherem Peace Ifedilichukwu — Na’ka Ya — Female OSUN REGION God’spower John — Dear Digital Generation — Male Victoria O Ogungbure — THE WEIGHT: On Both Sides — Male Okanlawon Faith Adewuyi — The Voice of the people — Male Adebisi Adeniyi Joel — Unsent Manifesto — Female ILORIN REGION Zakariyahu Ridwan — The Weaver — Male Abdulbasit Ayodeji— The Cry of a Nation — Male ABEOKUTA REGION Obianefo Chukwubuiken Victor — Drums Of Echoing Consciousness — Male Amaje Ruth Kenimi— Archive of Silence — Female IBADAN REGION Bello Moshood Abiola — Agbara Isokan — Male Oladeji Abraham Blessing— What if? — Male Oladosu Sulaimon Alabi — The Space We Live Open— Male Akinpelu Qoyyum Ayomide —Tears of Motherland — Male* ONDO REGION Ogunkanmbi Babafemi— Let Peace Reign — Male Ayandola Amos— Banuso — Male Akinmade Williams — Same World— Male Oliver Ifeoluwa — How Long— Male Taiwo Iyanu — Open Letter to Mind— Male Yusuf Fiyinfoluwa —The Trails — Male* PORT HARCOURT/ OWERRI REGION Isreal Osage Ifeanyichukwui— Failed System — Male Prince David Kembukem — Dear God — Male Dagogo Joshua Jumbo — Silenced— Male Effiong Sunday — The ink of our silence — Male Dickson Wisdom — Between Silence and Voice— Male Anyamele Divine Chukwuletem — Failed System — Male LAGOS REGION Michael Oluwatobiloba Titloye— Tranquility in Chaos — Male Ologunloluwa Oluwatoyin Mercy — Letter I never sent — Female Aremu Olatunji — Defending Africa— Male Adeyemi Hammond Tijani — Ink of hope — Male Uche Michael Chidiebube — Between Silence and Voice— Male Adavize Ibrahim — Postscript to Adaptation — Male Charles Alex — Dead mail — Male Praise Chinedum Edward — Between the lines of inertia— Male BENIN/AUCHI REGION Egbon Esther Osasumwen — A Relentless Soul — Female Yakubu Saint Oyiza — Feminity Discourse — Female Egba Hannah Success — Prime — Female Chukwudebe Vairagi Uche — For Sale — Female Emeakpore U.P. Valentine —Essence (Benin/Auchi) — Male* ENUGU REGION Nkiruka Ogbonna— The Weight of Tomorrow — Female Chukura C. Ikechukwu — When the Drum Speaks — Male Uwa Ogechi Vivian — The Unveiling— Female Agabi Grace Odey— Time To Unstitch My Lips— Female Akalefu Chinaza. H — Ndi - Nto — Male Igwegbe Louis I. — Every feeling leaves a mark — Male Ugwunagbo Godwin Ejike — The people's manifesto — Male Abah Faustina U. — Red lineages — Female Chimuanya Onuzulike — Extraction — Male Chinenye Eze— Retraction(Return to Earth)— Female Eze B. Chinonso — The Part to the Stream — Male Christian imologhome — Echoes in our hands — Male Miracle U. Chibuzo — Night Comes — Female Mgboki M. Ayang — Beauty in Chaos — Male Onu O. Jacob — Life — Male Nnajiofor Cynthia — The playground of memories— Female Ogboso V. Chimankpam — Oke Madu/Ije Abali — Male Eze Miracle —The Shape of Almost — Female Nnamdi Udoka — Akuko— Male Ofodile Chuwudubem — A Woman’s Journey— Male Orjiakor Oluebube Lovelyn —The Hand Above us — Female (PWD) Ogbodo Daniel — Residue of Time — Male (PWD) We extend our sincere congratulations to all selected artists and commend their dedication to artistic excellence. We look forward to celebrating these remarkable works at the LIMCAF 2026 Grand Finale.
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