Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has slammed the federal government for dismissing Obasanjo’s comment on the security situation in the country saying, “government should deal with its substance. The foremost playwright was speaking at an event organised by the United Bank of Africa to mark the 2019 Africa Day, in Lagos, on Wednesday. While delivering […]
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Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka wants President Muhammadu Buhari to rise to the occasion, match words with action and stop the killing spree by “murderous herdsmen”. In a statement on Wednesday, Professor Soyinka said it is not enough for the President to distance himself from killer herdsmen as what is required is for the country’s leader […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday said Nigeria is long overdue for reconfiguration, saying it is sickening for some people to be agitating against it. Soyinka, in an interview with some newsmen at the Freedom Park on Lagos Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria said those who said what Nigeria needed was just a restructuring of […]
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Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has opened up on his discussion with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Soyinka’s meeting with the president on that day was scheduled as private and took place in the Buhari’s office. He arrived at the villa and went straight in for the meeting with […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lent his voice to the growing calls for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation, saying the sovereignty of the nation is negotiable. Speaking during a visit to PUNCH Place, the corporate headquarters of PUNCH Nigeria Limited, Kilometre 14, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, on Tuesday, Soyinka said decentralisation of the […]
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Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed his intention to feature former President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo prominently in his new book, ‘The Republic of Liars’. Soyinka who stated this while responding to questions at an event tagged: “An evening with Wole Soyinka” in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, described Obasanjo as a shameless liar whom […]
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NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has given a rebuttal to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s latest book, My Watch describing it as a narrative by a career liar always determined to crookedly project himself above his true standing among men. Affirming his general detestation of such men, Soyinka said the Obasanjo brand was compounded by the […]
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