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EndBadGovernance: Soyinka counsels security agents on handling of protests

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.Says a hard approach to the protests could lead to ‘more desperate upheavals’ Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on security agents to be tactical in the handling of the ongoing protests, to avoid fatalities Soyinka made the call in a statement on Sunday while reacting to President

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CBAAC celebrates Prof Soyinka, other achievers

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The Shell Hall of the MUSON centre was recently transformed into a hub of artistic excellence, as Adubiifa Network company Production endorsed by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization presented ‘The Noble Warrior’ (Eniogun), a captivating play written by Cash Onadele (Aiye-ko-ooto) in honour of Prof. Wole Soyinka @90. It was a […]

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President Tinubu renames National Theatre in honor of Professor Wole Soyinka, who passed away at the age of 90

Ihesiulo Grace 12 July 2024 0

President Bola Tinubu heartily congratulates Nigeria’s literary colossus and global icon, Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka, famously known as Wole Soyinka, on his 90th birthday, July 13, 2024. Professor Soyinka is a globally celebrated playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, actor, singer, composer, and documentarian. He is also a foremost advocate of good

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Soyinka fires Datti Baba-Ahmed over threat to Judiciary

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2023 0

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has slammed the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, over his outburst in a recent television interview. Recall that Datti, in an interview with Channels TV, had said the country has no president-elect and called on the judiciary and President Muhammadu Buhari against swearing Bola Tinubu as […]

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Soyinka backs Biafra, Oduduwa agitators – They have the right to secede

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2021 0

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said their is nothing wrong in the fight for sovereignty, especially by Biafra and Oduduwa agitators. In a statement, the professor criticised the use of force against the agitators of self-determination, insisting it is the responsibility of the leadership to persuade them. “It is time to think outside the […]

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Soyinka counsels Buhari, ‘Stop playing with lives of Nigerians, seek help’

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2021 0

Prof. Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate, called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to seek support and avoid playing with Nigerians’ lives on Saturday. In a speech titled “The Relentless Martyrdom of Youth,” the playwright made the decision. He was responding to the killing of three Greenfield University students in Kaduna by armed bandits

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Breaking: You are not a medical professor, Garba Shehu tells Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

“Prof Soyinka is not a medical professor. His qualifications are in English literature, and his prizes are for writing books, and plays for theatre. He is of course entitled to his opinions… but they cannot – and should not – be judged as professional expertise in this matter.” the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu […]

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Soyinka disagrees with Buhari on lockdown, says it is illegal, unconstitutional

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2020 0

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has has disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari on his lock-down ordered of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States as the nation tries to stop the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 Soyinka in a statement on Monday said Who actually instigates these orders anyway? From where do they really emerge? What happens […]

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Soyinka denies report linking him with Ihedioha/Uzoodimma’s Supreme Court review

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, has dissociated himself from a report that he had been contacted to serve on a monitoring team regarding the forthcoming Supreme Court Review of the case between Chief Emeka Ihedioha, a former governor of Imo state and Hope Uzodimma. Soyinka said: “I know nothing of this development and I […]

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Gowon, Soyinka, Utomi, others caution against actions that could lead to another civil war

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

Some eminent Nigerians including former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, among others, on Monday, cautioned the nation, especially its political class against following the path that could possibly lead the nation to another civil war. Speaking at a conference to mark 50 […]

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The open society endangered by Wole Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2019 0

Present here, I fully expect, is the Youth contingent of this undertaking. We are still within the United Nations designated Year of the Child, and that makes youth involvement doubly appropriate as an integral part of our encounter. This is not mere sentiment. As some of you here may recall, I have referred to my […]

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Am I going to be thrown in jail because of the word revolution? – Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2019 0

Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday has asked if he ‘will be thrown in jail right away because the word revolution frightens some people.? Soyinka made this known in Abuja at the United Nations International Anti- Corruption Day summit. ‘Am I going to be thrown in jail right away because the word revolution frightens some people? […]

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Kill! Is this what humanity, society are all about?, Soyinka asks lawmakers

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2019 0

You are about to corrupt youthful impression, to join the brigade of closet psychopaths for whom the only solution to any social malaise from the trite to the profoundly affective is – Kill! Is this what humanity and society are all about? Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has asked the national assembly. Soyinka on Friday […]

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Sowore’s bail conditions left DSS floundering, says Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2019 0

Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, has said that meeting of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore’s bail conditions left Department of State Services, DSS floundering . Soyinka made this known in a statement on Tuesday reacting the DSS’ Tuesday intimidation of protesters who gathered around the service headquarters to demand for the release of Sowore. Soyinka

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Nigeria in serious trouble, education wise in this country – Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

Nobel laurete, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that Nigeria’s education was nothing to write home about, saying ‘We are in serious trouble, education wise in this country’ Soyinka said this on Sunday at the University of Lagos, Akoka, during the presentation of a play, ‘Folly of Men.’ which was part of the activities in marking […]

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Soyinka, Kolade, Osofisan, others to be honoured at GCI’s 90th anniversary

Ihesiulo Grace 7 October 2019 0

Lagos – Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and a former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade are among the old boys of the Government College, Ibadan to be honoured as the school marks its 90th anniversary and the 2019 reunion. Others to be honoured are a renowned playwright, Prof. Femi Osofisan, the […]

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What I will Do To ‘Hypocrite Obasanjo’ On July 3 – Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 23 June 2018 0

Noble laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday said he will expose the atrocities of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to Nigerians on July 3. The literary icon said while maintaining that it was time the old breeds left the political stage. According to the veteran playwright, the country cannot continue to recycle old corrupt and geriatrics. Soyinka […]

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June 12 annulment: Buhari heals old wounds, apologizes to Abiola’s family

Ihesiulo Grace 13 June 2018 0

In a move to finally bury the wounds of June 12 annulment of the 1993 general election won by a business mogul, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, President Muhammadu Buhari has offered unreserved apology on behalf of the Federal Government to the family of the late Abiola, over the cancellation of the historic election. The President […]

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Soyinka and Nigerian trumpsters

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2016 0

Donald Trump’s bigotry and divisiveness notwithstanding, it is still possible for a person like him to have fans and followers outside the United States of America, in an African country, Nigeria. Bigotry and racism are social acts whose sources lie in the dark and evil recesses of the mind and soul. Bigotry and racism can […]

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Soyinka’s recent comments,ill advised

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2016 0

Recently, the respected  Prof. Wole Soyinka was apparently drowned by myriad of public opinions that he thought it wise, albeit ignorantly, to put his America’s Green Card at stake, forgetting that politics does not share common features with literature. On hearing the bet, I could not help fisting my chest amid the laughter. Although if […]