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Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday led members of the Pyrates Confraternity as they paid their last respects to Emeritus Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Prof. Jeyifo, who died at the age of 80, was laid to rest in Ibadan, Oyo State. Members […]
Continue ReadingNobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka says President Bola Tinubu must be cautious about his approach to regional security, domestic governance, and the use of state protection for privileged individuals. The foremost Nigerian playwright said this at the 20th Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Awards in Lagos on Tuesday. All these were captured in a […]
Continue ReadingDuring his State of the Nation address at the national assembly, president Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced national honours for dozens of Nigerians as part of events marking democracy day. Among the notable honorees are the late Kudirat Abiola, who received a posthumous Commander of the Federal Republic title, and Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement released on Sunday, Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka blasted the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s song, ‘Tell your Papa’, against President Bola Tinubu’s government. Soyinka describes the development as a return to the culture of censorship and a threat to the right to free expression. In the piece […]
Continue ReadingDuring an interview on Channels TV on Monday, Professor Wole Soyinka responded to critics who have been taunting him to “say something” about the present administration. In the interview, he said, “People should stop trying to work on my timetable for me. I had not swallowed an alarm clock. I don’t see why I should […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said the emergency rule in Rivers State was against the spirit of federalism. Soyinka, who spoke to an international news outlet, The Africa Report, maintained that the declaration of a state of emergency in the manner with which it was carried out betrayed federalism. According to him, the […]
Continue ReadingLere Olayinka, ex-media aide to former Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, has thrown jabs at Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, over his recent attacks on Peter Obi. In a post shared on his X handle, Lere shared a screenshot of Punch newspaper cover page of Soyinka tackling former President Goodluck Jonathan. “Jonathan worse than Nebuchadnezzar- Soyinka,” […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Sunday and said he would reserve all his observations about Tinubu’s administration until one year into his tenure in May 2024. Soyinka described this as a personal policy of his, saying this one-year delay gives the President […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has on Friday, given those accusing him of parading fake academic credentials 30 days to submit all their evidence to the relevant agencies like EFCC, ICPC, DPP et al, for investigation. He noted that if found culpable, he would strip himself of any titles and honours he might […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has urged the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari to promote peace with a traditional religious priestess, Yeye Ajesikemi Olokun Omolara Olatunji, who was threatened not to hold Isese festival in Ilorin. Prof. Soyinka also urged the monarch to make restitution in whichever way he can for inflicting […]
Continue ReadingKongi, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a deity before whom many Nigerians tether goats, sprinkle oil, pour libations and offer ekuru of appeasement, is going through ferment. It is a period comparable to that low moment which, the Yoruba say, when big misfortunes wrestle one down, smaller travails defecate into one’s mouth – Ti iya nla ba gbe’ni san’le, kekeke […]
Continue ReadingLast week, the key topic of discussion among Nigerians was fascism. Africa’s first Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, used the word “fascism” to describe the Nigerian online community which is demanding improved governance. Many argued that Soyinka was not referring to that community but to the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr. Datti Baba-Ahmed, […]
Continue ReadingThe “Obidients” – supporters of the mission and vision of Mr. Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party in Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election had it coming. And now they are getting their “comeuppance” served in flagellating doses, from Professor Wole Soyinka, grandmaster in the art of dissent, debate and reasoning who has all it takes […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has been dragged on social media after expressing displeasure at a statement made by the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Datti Baba-Ahmed, whose ticket with his principal, Peter Obi, emerged third in the February 25 presidential election, had spoken about the Supreme Court […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said that he has never felt the need to embrace any religion. Soyinka who described himself as a mythologist during the public presentation of his two-volume collection of essays, further revealed that he doesn’t worship deities even though he considers deities as creatively real. Soyinka said: “Do I really […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has questioned the Nigerian Government on how the farmer-herder crisis is being handled. In a pre-recorded interview with Channels Television which was aired on Monday August 22, the literary icon wondered why the government was yet to ban the cattle group, Miyetti Allah, while it had proscribed the […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has expressed disgust at a viral video showing some purported members of the National Association of Seadogs otherwise called Pyrates Confraternity mocking the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in a song. In a short video clip, the members dressed in red and white […]
Continue ReadingWednesday July 13 was the great man’s 88th birthday. Given all the battles he fought over the years, hardly any prophet could have prophesied that Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka would live to the age of 88. The towering writer who stunned the world as the very first black man to win the coveted Nobel Prize […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has on Sunday met with Yoruba Youth Leader (YYL) and Yoruba Nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Ighoho in the neighbouring Republic of Benin. Yoruba Nation arrowhead and leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Banji Akintoye and his deputy, […]
Continue ReadingPlaywright and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said the resumption of investigation into the murder of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige, was already hamstrung and disrobed of credibility with the emergence of a prime suspect in the case as the National Secretary of the […]
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