We must take the battle to Boko Haram -Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has urged all Nigerians to join the fight against the deadly activities of the violent Islamist sect known as Boko Haram and other insurgents. Soyinka made this statement at the formal inauguration of UNESCO’s 2014 World Book Capital City, in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, on Wednesday. While delivering the […]

Soyinka, others decry influx of foreigners

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka some academics and researchers have expressed worry over unchecked influx of foreigners into Nigeria’s territory. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday at the end of a three- day colloquium organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding. Soyinka, who is […]

Insecurity: Nigeria needs competent leaders, says Soyinka

Y GBENGA OLARINOYE OSOGBO— Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday in Osogbo, declared that the country was in need of competent leaders to confront, among others, the security challenges facing the country. He said the security challenges facing the country could not be solved by prayers, but by leaders with capacity to deal with the […]

Open Letter to Prof. Wole Soyinka – By Sadiq Abacha

By Sadiq Abacha | NNP | March 9, 2014 – If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three. 1. The law of identity 2. The law of excluded middle 3. The law of non-contradiction. Now let’s look at each one of these and see what they mean in […]

Sharing centenary award with Abacha, an insult — Soyinka (Of the highest proportion)

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was included in the list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it was an […]

Amaechi, Duke, others witness Soyinka’s daughter’s burial

  Iyetade’s coffin | credits: Olufemi Atoyebi The burial service for the daughter of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Ms Iyetade Soyinka, was held on Friday at the Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan, with the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, former Governor of Rivers State, Donald Duke, Wife of Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, […]

Iyetade Soyinka’s funeral begins

Burial rites for Ms.Iyetade Soyinka, who died after a brief illness at the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, on December 28, 2013, begin with a service of songs tomorrow, at Penton Rise, Atinuke Hall (former Palm Chemist), Oshuntokun Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan.She will be laid to rest on Friday, in Ibadan, after funeral service at […]

APC’s visit to Obasanjo – Nigeria headed for a shipwreck – Soyinka (This must be breaking news)

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka yesterday faulted the visit of All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders to former President Olusegun Obasanjo last Saturday warning that Nigeria was heading for a shipwreck with such political romance. In his statement, titled: “Shipwreck Ahead”, Professor Soyinka cautioned that Nigeria would need rescue operations if the APC intends to court […]

How I escaped death in Kenya mall attack -Soyinka

Saturday, September 28, 2013 How I escaped death in Kenya mall attack -Soyinka   advertisement                 *Nobel laureate, JP Clark, others condemn incident By HENRY AKUBUIRO But for a stroke of luck, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that […]

Kenyan mall attacks: Those who killed Ghanaian poet Awoonor are cowards -Soyinka

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Friday condemned last Saturday’s terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The attack led to the death of prominent Ghanaian writer and diplomat, Prof. Kofi Awoonor. In a meeting with journalists at the Freedom Park on Broad Street, Lagos, Soyinka described those who led the […]

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