Tag: Wole Soyinka
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…