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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...

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka is being dragged on social media for his alleged hypocritical silence on the state of the country under Buhari despite regularly condemning Goodluck Jonathan when he was president. See tweets below

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, on Thursday delivered a subtle warning to the publishers of online newspaper, SaharaReporters. Speaking at the launch of a civic media lab by the online Newspaper, Soyinka said, “I’m here under false pretences; I was told that I agreed to be present at the...

Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday in Lagos, called for the prosecution of those he described as “detractors” in the fight against corruption in the country. Soyinka made the call at the opening of his Vision of the Child Art Exhibition, 2017 edition, at Freedom Park...

On Friday, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose his current health status. READ: Soyinka To Buhari - Why Are You Hiding The State Of Your Health ? See video of the Nobel Laureate making the call:

People suspected to be herdsmen recently invaded the residence of Professor Wole Soyinka, renowned playwright, in Ogun State reports have said. The invasion was made public by the 82-year-old scholar on Friday while speaking at a forum in Freedom Park, Lagos. “We are living in dangerous...

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose the true state of his health. Soyinka made the call in Lagos while addressing journalists; PREMIUM TIMES reports. He said, “Why is the president hiding his state of health? He’s supposed to understand he’s...

Herdsmen have again invaded the home of Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka in Ogun State. Herdsmen had last year attacked Soyinka’s home while he was away abroad. PM News reports that speaking with newsmen on Friday at the Freedom Park, Lagos Island, Lagos, Soyinka said this time the herdsmen...

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reveal the true state of his health to Nigerians. Speaking in an interview with AFP at Paris Book Fair weekend, Soyinka said, “He’s ill, there’s no question, and I wish for heaven’s sake that people in public positions...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in an interview to mark the occasion of his 80th birthday renewed his rivalry against Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. According to The Nation, asked whether he had forgiven Soyinka after the writer openly kicked against Obasanjo’s aspiration to become United...

Award winning Nigerian Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has being elected into the American Academy of Arts and Letters as a foreign honorary member. According to a press release by the Academy, the honourary members will be inducted at the annual induction in May 2017. She becomes the...

Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has released a statement castigating the Nigeria police for opposing the anti-government protest organized by pop star Tu Face Idibia. The protest had been opposed by the police, who insist that it wouldn't host. Tu Face canceled the protest during the...

After threatening to do it a week before the US presidential elections last November, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has confirmed he has destroyed his green card because Donald Trump won. In an interview with the Atlantic on Tuesday, Soyinka confirmed he had followed through on his pledge to...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has criticized remarks made by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, that religion will destroy Nigeria if not tamed. Soyinka made the statement at a book presentation in Abuja last Thursday. He said: “I would like to transfer that cry (by President...

Christian and Islamic leaders have condemned Wole Soyinka for urging Nigerians to "kill religion" before it kills Nigeria. The Christian Association of Nigeria and the Juma'atu Nasril Islam said the statement is unfair and unkind. CAN's national Director of Legal and Public Affairs, Kwamkur...

Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has called on Nigerians to tame religion. Speaking during the book launch of Professor Olufemi Vaughan on Thursday, he said failure to tame religion will kill Nigeria. “If we do not tame religion in Nigeria, religion will kill us. “Many Nigerians have...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, to ignore anybody, who called Moremi Ajasoro a traitor. He said such view did not take away anything from the reality of who Moremi was. Though Soyinka did not mention anybody’s name, observers noted that...

Professor Wole Soyinka has apologised for criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari, over his congratulatory message to Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow. Buhari had congratulated Barrow, for his victory over incumbent Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, at the poll. The Nobel Laureate thought...