Nobel laureate

DÉJÀ VU – In Tragic Vein By Wole Soyinka

October 22, 2020 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

I arrived home from external commitments just over a week ago to an extraordinary homecoming gift. It took the form of a movement — sometimes angry, sometimes entrancing, poignant, sometimes strident, certainly robust in expectations but always moving, visionary and organized. That movement demanded an end to brutality from state security agencies, focusing on a […]

WOLE SOYINKA EXPOSES BUHARI’S HYPOCRISY, SAYS “YOU CAN’T HONOUR ABIOLA AND PRAISE HIS TORMENTOR”

June 12, 2018 Kelvin AmurunLeave a Comment

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for his recent show of “admiration” for Sani Abacha, ex-military head of state. He said Buhari cannot honour MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, while also “praising” Abacha, his (Abiola’s) “tormentor”. Abacha jailed Abiola in 1994 after he declared himself president, following […]