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Latest Politics, Wole Soyinka
Monday, August 8th, 2022
SEE VIDEO BELOW By Adekunle Dada Elder statesman, Prof Wole Soyinka, has reacted to a viral video showing some purported members of the National Association of Seadogs, otherwise called Pyrates Confraternity, mocking the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in a song. The one-minute video captured some Pyrates Confraternity members dressed in red […]
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Governors, Headlines, Osun, State News, Wole Soyinka
Monday, July 18th, 2022
By Ifreke Inyang Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has said that the defeat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Osun governorship election, is “the voice of Bola Ige resounding from the grave.” This was contained in a statement Soyinka released on Sunday. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the […]
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Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
Posted: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Prof. Wole Soyinka loses younger brother, Femi Professor Femi Soyinka, a renowned researcher and former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has died at 85. Femi was the younger brother of Nobel laureate and professor of comparative literature, Professor Wole Soyinka. The family in a […]
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Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Friday, June 10th, 2022
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has debunked claims that he paid tribute to the Presidential standard bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The elder statesman had earlier in the year also dismissed a social media post endorsing Tinubu for the 2023 Presidency. A tribute titled, ‘Prof […]
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Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Why Soyinka visited Sunday Igboho — Sources Professor Wole Soyinka By Dapo Akinrefon & Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS—FRESH facts emerged on why Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, visited Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Soyinka had visited Igboho and leaders of the Ilana Omo Oodua, IOO, Professor Banji Akintoye […]
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Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), Presidency, Wole Soyinka
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Buhari and Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for granting presidential pardon to former governors Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame who were jailed for stealing billions of naira, saying that the president’s action is one egg squashed against Nigerian faces that they shall not forget or wipe off in a […]
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Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Igboho can’t go home yet, lawyer reveals Soyinka’s role Sunday Igboho Yoruba Nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a Sunday Igboho, cannot leave Cotonou, Benin Republic, though he is out of prison. His lawyer Yomi Aliyyu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), said Igboho was only released from jail for medical reasons. He also revealed the role […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85), National Politics, Presidency, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
Soyinka and Buhari Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said Nigeria may not celebrate another Democracy Day next year if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to listen to all different agitations and initiatives around him. Soyinka stated this in an interview on Arise TV on Monday. The Nobel Laureate also warned that Nigeria will not stay […]
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General Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Wole Soyinka
Friday, February 12th, 2021
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Thursday broke the silence on purported attack by Fulani herdsmen, saying that he was not physically attacked, but that the herders and cows attacked his property. There have been diverse narration on attack on Soyinka and his property by Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday. Soyinka, in a […]
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Latest Politics, Wole Soyinka
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
The Southern and Middle Belt Forum has condemned attack on the Abeokuta residence of the Nobel Laurette, Prof. Wole Soyinka, by Fulani herdsmen on Tuesday. SaharaReporters learnt that Soyinka had moved to Lagos in the meantime, following the attack and one of the herders has been arrested. It was also learnt that the rest ran […]
