Tag: Wole Soyinka
Soyinka: I Never Said Patience Jonathan Is An Illiterate
Over a year ago, when MuhdLawal published online the following statement attributed to Professor Wole Soyinka — “When you marry…
A Cultural Agenda For Peace
By Wole Soyinka It was purely by chance that the date decided upon for re-animating this establishment – The Centre…
Soyinka Speaks To Africa
By Adebayo Lamikanra One of the great tragedies afflicting our continent is that the story of Africa and Africans has,…
Soyinka: Justice Is Never ‘Siddon Look’!
By Wole Soyinka Let me be candid. It was with mixed feelings that I accepted to deliver this lecture. On…
Marquee Nigeria
By Nelson Egwoyi We live in a marquee world! From time immemorial, history has vested us with epochal individuals, events,…
Soyinka Taught Me Acting
Top bilingual Nollywood actor, Yemi Solade, who was one of the students of the literature icon and Nobel Prize winner,…
More tributes as Ekiti declares 7-day mourning for Olayinka
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti on Sunday declared a seven-day mourning for his Deputy, Mrs…
Nobel laureates Soyinka, Gordimer mourn Achebe
Africa’s first Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and a renowned poet, John Pepper Clark, said Friday they have lost “a…
Ghost Missions On The Gravy Train
By Wole Soyinka I had thought to leave this subject strictly to the discretionary powers of the nation’s Women’s Organisations,…
Who Grasps The Nettle For Jonathan Now?
By Dimeji Daniel I remember that it was exactly 73 days after President Goodluck Jonathan took the reins of power…
Wole Soyinka: If Religion Was Taken Away, I’d Be Happy
The Nobel prize-winner Wole Soyinka spoke this week at the Hay Festival in Mexico. In an extract from his talk,…
NOT AGAIN, JONATHAN!!!
The most generous response that can be given to President Jonathan’s recent statement on the people’s fuel subsidy protest is…
Why Soyinka Is Special
Professor Robert Elliot Fox, a United States of America citizen who taught in Nigeria for seven years and considers it…
UNILAG : Jonathan’s Name Change a Gift Horse, says Soyinka
The full text of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka’s response to the changing of the University of Lagos name into…
Soldiers Leave Lagos Streets
Soldiers who were deployed by President Goodluck Jonathan to crush protests in Lagos against the removal of fuel subsidy have…
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, Achebe, Clark: Boko Haram Threatens Nigeria’s Existence
Nigeria’s literary giants and gadflies of half a century, Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, Chinua Achebe, the renowned author of…
Wole Soyinka: Back To The Trenches, Predictably!
Rarely has government alienation from the people it is meant to serve been so pronounced as demonstrated in the…
Soyinka Greets Ogun People, Bye To Danni Elebo
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka this morning bade farewell to outgoing governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel whom he…
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 Award Holds 9 December
The award presentation ceremony of the Fifth Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting holds on Thursday 9 December, 2010 at…
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…
Akunyili Presents Books
All is set for the Public Presentation of two books written by the Honourable Minister of Information and Communications, Prof.…
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…
Mixed Feelings Over Nigeria At 50
As our country marks 50 years of nationhood with fanfare tomorrow, Nigerians have mixed feelings over what to make of…
Nigeria At 50: No Cause For Celebration —Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that there is no cause for celebration as Nigeria marks 50 years of…
Soyinka Blasts Police Over Insecurity
If heaven was manned by the Nigerian police, Angel Gabriel would ask those killed in motor accidents to go back…
Even You, Senator Ken Nnamani
After the annulment of June 12 1993 presidential election won by the late Chief Moshood Abiola, the leadership of the…
Wole Soyinka Slams Public Intellectuals
Nigerian novelist Wole Soyinka has lambasted public intellectuals for being complacent in the face of signs of dictatorship in Africa.…
Fashola, Tinubu, Ribadu, Others Celebrate Soyinka At 76
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday joined friends and associates from all walks of life to celebrate Nigeria’s…