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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Wole Soyinka
Sunday, May 1st, 2016
Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for his reaction to increasing attacks and killings by herdsmen in several states in the country. Soyinka in an address to the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on Wednesday said he was shocked by the President’s claim that the attacks would soon be […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Friday, January 8th, 2016
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described as ‘abominable distractions,’ statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, that the state would demand refund from him (Soyinka) if he collected cash from the N82 million allegedly spent by immediate-past Governor, Rotimi Amaechi on a dinner to honour him. Soyinka, who reacted in […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
• Agitation in South-East not surprising By Doris Obinna Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, yesterday spoke frankly on the agitation in the South East and declared that Biafra cannot be defeated. Soyinka added that the agitation did not come to him as a surprise. He also defended his choice of President Muhammadu Buhari as a […]
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Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Wole Soyinka
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka | credits: File copy Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said that former President Goodluck Jonathan was becoming authoritarian while in office. Soyinka also said that the pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu admitted to him in the UK that he (Ribadu) realised late that […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Wole Soyinka
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Tinubu, Soyinka The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday in Lagos said the 2013 Nigeria Governors’ Forum crisis paved the way for the end of the 16-year rule of the Peoples Democratic Party. They made the observation during the public presentation of ‘Dynamics […]
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Latest Politics, Wole Soyinka
Friday, March 20th, 2015
Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has raised the alarm that “illegal, sinister and power-grabbers” are bent on scuttling the country’s current democratic process. The power-grabbers, according to him, are the ones pushing for the imposition of interim government on the country. He said during an interview with SaharaTV, a United States-based […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Saturday, February 7th, 2015
February 05 Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has questioned the basis for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid, saying he has not done enough to receive the votes of Nigerians on February 14. The revered scholar, who had earlier denied endorsing any candidate in the election, said at the appropriate time he would make his stand known. “Whenever […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News, Wole Soyinka
Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the loss of the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the June 21 governorship election as a mystery which the All Progressives Congress must unravel. He said with the various programmes and legacy projects put in place by Fayemi, his successor must continue on the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Wole Soyinka
Saturday, September 27th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 27, 2014 – Following the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, my cousin, who lives in my hometown, called me. He told me that he, in concert with many other supporters of President Jonathan was celebrating his electoral victory. In such elation and jubilation over […]
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Headlines, Wole Soyinka
Friday, September 5th, 2014
Wole Soyinka, may he never live long on September 05, 2014 / in Viewpoint 12:33 pm / Comments IT was a night of radiant quality stars, in December 2010, at the State House, Banquet Hall of the Ghanaian Government, Accra,Ghana, where Professor Wole Soyinka was awarded the Millennium Excellence Award and Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize, […]
