NOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, charged Nigerian leaders to accept the inevitability of decentralising the county. Soyinka, who was the guest lecturer at the 50th anniversary lecture of the PUNCH, noted that virtually every Nigerian leader recognised the importance of restructuring and its inevitability, before they got into power …
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NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on President Bola Tinubu and State Governors to desist from taking citizens as fools amid the economic hardship in the nation. Black Market Dollar (USD) To Naira (NGN) Exchange Rate Today 1st March 2024 The playwright stated that government at all levels should …
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NOBEL laureate, Wole Soyinka, said people who were calling for an interim government after the 2023 presidential election were determined to allow history repeat itself. He made the remarks yesterday during an interview on Channels Television Commenting on the remarks by the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) …
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NIGERIAN frontline playwright and elder statesman Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that he would reserve all his observations about President Bola Tinubu’s administration until one year into his tenure in May 2024. Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate, said this on Sunday when he paid a courtesy visit to Tinubu, who is …
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Professor Wole Soyinka NOBEL laureate Professor Wole Soyinka said technology is creating new generations of illiterates in Nigerian society. Soyinka stated this at the CANEX Live Theatre closing ceremony of the 3rd Intra-African Trade Fair, IATF 2023, in Cairo on Friday. The fair was convened by the African Export-Import Bank …
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FORMER Kaduna Central lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has condemned the allegations of fraudulent academic records against Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Recall that Soyinka had called on those accusing him of fraudulent academic records to submit all evidence to the various anti-graft agencies and the Directorate of Prosecutions within 30 days for …
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NOBEL laureate, Wole Soyinka’s third novel, “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth”, has been released in French. Originally published in English in 2021, the novel, lauded by the French press for its satirical elements mixing humour and horror, was described by poet and novelist Ben Okri as …
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Human Rights/Pro- democracy Activist Calls For The Disbandment Of INEC Williams Adesoji, Reporting NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has been described as an enemy of Nigerian masses because of his recent outburst in South Africa, at an event titled “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” organized by Africa …
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A spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Daniel Bwala has reacted to the call by Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, to debate with Labour Party, LP, presidential running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. On March 22, in an interview, Datti said the country has no president-elect despite the …
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This is the headline of Daily Times on Thursday, October 9, 1969. Wole Soyinka was just released after 22 months of imprisonment for advocating for Biafrans. 54 years later, the children of those he fought for are insulting him with the vilest insults. How sad!
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