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In a recent turn of events, renowned Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has come forward to defend popular singer Davido over a video he released on his social media handles, which seemed to have sparked controversy…
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has criticized the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, for the controversial naira swap policy that resulted in a nationwide scarcity of banknotes. Recalled…
The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, and a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, yesterday, backed the move by National Assembly members to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over his failure to end terrorism in the…
Femi Soyinka, a brother to the Professor of Nobel laureate and professor of Comparative Literature, Wole Soyinka, has died. The former director of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka travelled to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to honour the invitation by the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. The literary icon was seen at the…
Veteran actor, Jide Kosoko, has said he does not regret campaigning for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. Kosoko said although he is disappointed in some of the actions of the President, he can’t state that Buhari is…
Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian Nobel Laureate has again said that there is no hope of Nigeria continuing together as one nation if the Federal Government fails to do the needful. According to the foremost playwright, Nigeria…
On June 29, a dull, somewhat grainy picture of Nigerian activist Nnamdi Kanu in handcuffs began circulating on the internet, shortly after what seemed like unlikely news about his arrest in and extradition from a…
The Presidency, on Tuesday, commended security agencies on the re-arrest and repatriation of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu; as well as the recent attack by the Department of State…
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment of Nigeria being divided under President Buhari. In a statement titled “Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law" and…
Today is the legendary Fela Kuti’s posthumous birthday and the one who brought the Afrobeat genre to Nigeria still speaks today. It is almost impossible to grow up in Nigeria without hearing about the late King of…
The Presidency has addressed those who have voiced their discontent towards the arrest of Omoyele Sowole, the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 election. Among the names…
Oretunlewa, son of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka got married to his girlfriend of eight years over the weekend in Atlanta, United States. Here are first photos from the wedding that was attended by close friends and…
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, Friday, failed to show up for the widely publicised boxing bout against former Heavyweight World Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield to mark Lagos…
The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has criticised the Nigerian police for planning to stop an anti-government protest scheduled for Monday. The protest was called by hip-hop artiste, Innocent Tuface Idibia, to highlight…
When the noise has finally gone down, Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has come out to say he already fulfilled his promise by throwing away his green card and also leaving the US. Soyinka had vowed to destroy his green…
After promising to destroy his Green card as a result of Trump's victory, We really don't think Wole Soyinka is going to carry out that action except his not aware of its consequences An Abuja-based legal luminary, Mr…
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said he would destroy his green card if Donald Trump of Republican Party becomes president of the United States. Soyinka said this on Wednesday while giving a speech to students of…
The Niger Delta Avengers on Sunday said it was ready for negotiations with the Federal Government. The group said this in a statement on its website by its spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, titled, ‘The NDA is ready when…
