THE Executive Director, Wole Soyinka Centre for investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), Mrs Motunrayo Alaka, says the centre has trained 537 journalists across Nigeria and Ghana in 11 years. Alaka made this known on Wednesday in Lagos, during the WSCIJ ReportWomen 6th Fellowship Induction and Award, a Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP). …
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THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has lauded the achievements of President Bola Tinubu, saying his administration’s impactful projects and reforms have rendered political opposition efforts ineffective ahead of the 2027 elections. Wike made the remarks on Wednesday during the inauguration of the N16 to …
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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Friday, described corruption as a deadly cankerworm that lays great nations in ruins. While speaking at the 26th Annual Wole Soyinka Lecture organised by the National Association of Seadogs, known as Pyrates Confraternity, to mark his 90th birthday, Soyinka stated that corruption put people at …
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PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has shot himself so badly with his bold mis-steps on the planned protests. He cannot ask people not to protest. He should stop threatening them as he has been doing in the past few days. His approach is poor politics completely incompatible with the world-acclaimed political …
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THE Ogun State Government has awarded scholarships to nine students who performed creditably in an essay competition to mark the 90th birthday celebration of the Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. Speaking at the 2024 edition of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange Programme held at Prof. Soyinka’s ARI residence, Ijegba, …
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Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has congratulated Nobel Laureate and world-renowned literary giant, Prof. Oluwole Soyinka, on his 90th birthday. Oyebanji, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode, on Saturday, said Soyinka deserved to be celebrated for making Nigeria and Africa proud. He said that …
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OGUN State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has described Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as a literary icon and a voice for social justice and human rights, whose legacies straddle the entire world. Governor Abiodun, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Lekan Adeniran, on the occasion of Prof. …
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President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday. The tribute dated “Professor Wole Soyinka at 90: Tribute to a national treasure and global …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the request by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to name the Arterial Road N-20 after Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka. The Arterial Road N-20 stretched from Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Expressway to Outer Northern Expressway (Murtala Mohammed Expressway). Wike made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday, during …
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THE Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has recognised Nigeria’s Nobel Laurette in Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, as the commission’s first Copyright Change Champion. NCC Director-General (DG), Dr John Asein, made the declaration at the 2024 World Book and Copyright Day celebration in Ibadan on Tuesday. The News Agency Agency of Nigeria …
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