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Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of protecting and rewarding killers of Bola Ige, former minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation. In a statement on Tuesday titled “Trivialise corruption, Neutralise justice”, Soyinka said the Nigerian...

Sowore, Sahara Reporters publisher and presidential candidate for the 2019 election, mocks Atiku, Obasanjo and others.

Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka at the presentation of his new book titled ‘Who Is Watching … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2vtD9md Get More Nigeria Political News

Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Noble Leaurent in Literature, has slammed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s record labelling the latter’s eleven years as leader of Nigeria – as military head of state and civilian president – as a “sumptuous spectacular failures”. Professor Soyinka’s assessment...

What I will do to ‘hypocrite Obasanjo’. Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, who spoke at a Dinner and Award ceremony of the International Press Institute (IPI) in Abuja ... Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2txpaL4 Get More Nigeria Political News

Late last year, we mentioned that Wole Soyinka‘s acclaimed play, The Lion and the Jewel is being adapted into a film by Tunde Kelani. Now, Mo Abudu has also announced that EbonyLife will be adapting another Wole Soyinka play, Death and the King’s Horseman, into a film. Sharing the epic news …...

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha on Friday released a statement with the list of guests invited for the ceremony of the conferment of national honours on Chief Moshood Abiola; late prominent lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi and politician, Babagana Kingibe. S Read more...

President Muhammadu Buhari has invited Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana, to the conferment of posthumous Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the late Chief MKO Abiola. Both men were key players in the June 12 … Read more via...

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, asked the youths in the country to mobilise themselves and vote out old and failed political leaders. Noble Lareate, Playwriter and Poet, Prof Wole Soyika Soyinka spoke with newsmen after delivering the second...

Professor Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to declare rampaging Fulani herdsmen as terrorists in the wake of brutal attacks in states across the country. Soyinka said this on Thursday in Lagos during the Ripples Nigeria Dialogue; an annual forum designed to broaden the conversation...

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says he should be examined by a psychiatrist if he joins the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) masterminded by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo recommended the coalition in a letter he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari in January. The elder statement...

Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has been described as the architect of a disciplined, firm and committed Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2CzuvEc -- Get More Nigeria Political News

The Presidency has reacted to comments made by Professor Wole Soyinka in which he called on Nigerians to defend themselves in the heat of prevailing security challenges. Speaking about the call during his appearance on Politics Today, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity...

Reuben Abati A former Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Reuben Abati has said that Nigeria may not recover from the spate of renewed herdsmen attacks in parts of the country if it is not nibbed in the bud as soon as possible. He stated this on Thursday … via Channels...

Prof Wole Soyinka doesn't think President Buhari is doing enough to check activities of killer herdsmen. Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka, has weighed in on the herdsmen/farmers crisis that has led to the deaths of more than 80 persons in the last couple of … via pulse.ng–...

Prof. Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has said that the killings perpetrated by suspected herdsmen is worse than the activities of the Indigenous People of Biara, IPOB, led by Nnamdi Kanu, which the government declared a terrorist group. In a statement on Wednesday, Soyinka said he is not ‘aware...

Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has added his voice to the outrage over brutal killing of Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen. He says the killer herdsmen have declared war against Nigeria. Soyinka, in a statement issued on Wednesday said: ”In plain language, they have...

Olu Jacobs is a reporter’s delight any day. Even when other top actors will shove away an interview, the gentleman and septuagenarian asked to be given a bit of time during the cocktail session in preparatory to the play, Fela and Kalakuta Queen. Away from his wife and partner, … via...

Prof Wole Soyinka By Akin Adesokan In the final chapter of You Must Set Forth At Dawn, the fulsome account of his leading role in the struggle against the military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha, the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka constructs a detailed narrative of his return to Nigeria …...

Blame Passing, Social Media Automated Mumus – The New Year Gift To A Nation By Wole Soyinka Its noisome claque in the meantime, the automated mumus of social media, practiced in sterile deflection and trivialization of critical issues, unwittingly join hands with government to indulge in blame...