Tag: Nobel Laureate
Lagos Set For Black Heritage Festival
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka says Lagos is fully set for this year’s Black Heritage Festival. Soyinka, who is the…
Soyinka Gets Awo Prize
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka will today be named the first recipient of the Awolowo Prize for Leadership. He will…
Nobel laureate slams Liberian leader over corruption
Leymah Gbowee, the social worker who won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Monday…
‘Soyinka, Traditional Rulers Must Intervene In Lagos/Doctors Face-Off’
As the face-off between the Lagos State Government and the sacked doctors deepens, a group, Doctors for Human Rights in…
Group To Honour Soyinka, Others
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi are among eminent Nigerians to be honoured by Hi-Life All Stars…
Soyinka Blasts Nigerian Judiciary Over Ibori
Nigerian judiciary and legal system came under heavy scrutiny Thursday as Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka took the judiciary to…
Soyinka, Bakare, Boyo, Others Tackle Corruption
Nigerians this morning gathered at the Central Business District area of Alausa, Lagos state, South-west Nigeria to discuss the current…
Soyinka To Jonathan: Put FOI Bill To Test By Probing Yar’Adua’s Concealed Illness
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to put the Freedom of Information Act to test…
COMMISSIONER-NOMINEES: Soyinka’s Son, Others Screened By Ogun Assembly
First son of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka and other commissioner-nominees were as at press time, being…
Be Yourselves, Soyinka Charges Varsity Students
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka this morning advised the youth to try to be themselves rather than trying to be…
Jonathan Must Eliminate Boko Haram’s Threat —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently eliminate the threat posed by the dreaded…
Soyinka: No Regrets If I Quit Public Life
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka says he has no sense of regret if he decides to quit public life today,…
Soyinka Condemns Ndibe’s Arrest
Nobel Laureate and Convener, Citizen Forum, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has condemned the arrest and seizure of the passports of a…
Soyinka Presents Paper At ICAN’s Conference
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has been chosen to present the lead paper at this year’s Annual Accountants’ Conference of…
Nigerian Wins $500k Science Award
A Nigerian biophysicist, Dr. John O. Dabiri, is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious MacArthur Genius Awards. He…