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Ado Aminu October 7, 2021

Nigeria to ramp up spending to boost GDP by 4.2 percent in 2022 | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you may have missed out on: Facebook’s role in Myanmar and Ethiopia under new scrutiny Whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony to US senators…

Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq February 8, 2019

The YNaija Cover – the 8th of February

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Tolu July 14, 2017

Who is Liu Xiaobo? | Nobel Laureate who died in Chinese custody

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Liu Xiaobo has died in Chinese custody at the age of 61. His death has earned China worldwide criticism and the country has chosen silence on…

Azeez November 17, 2016

Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Laureate award, to miss ceremony

The 2016 Nobel Laureate winner, Bob Dylan has accepted the award but won't be able attend the December 10 award ceremony "due to pre-existing commitments," the Swedish Academy said Wednesday.…

Tolu November 15, 2016

To the nattering nit-wits of Nigeria’s internet, Soyinka set you straight with these 5 statements

All the headlines read "I will tear my green card if Trump wins the US elections - Wole Soyinka". But these were the exact words of the Nobel Laureate to…

Tolu October 14, 2016

5 things to know about Bob Dylan, 2016 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

"The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition..." The announcement made by the Swedish…

July 13, 2014

This was Wole Soyinka decades before he became a Nobel Laureate (LOOK)

by Akan Ido Renowned Nigerian playwright, dramatist, poet, author and essayist, Prof. Wole Soyinka, is eighty years old today. Soyinka stamped his footprints in the sands of time when he…

July 3, 2014

Boko Haram has united Nigerians even more – Soyinka

by S'ola Filani Despite the great carnage Nigeria has suffered at the hands of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka says the insurgency has served…

January 10, 2014

Wole Soyinka’s daughter buried in Oyo, Amaechi, Duke attend (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo Iyetade Soyinka, second daughter of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was today, interred at Ultimate Gardens, Ibadan Oyo state. A funeral service was held in her honor…

December 30, 2013

Sad news: Wole Soyinka loses daughter to illness

by 'Jola Sotubo Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has lost one of his daughters. Iyetade Soyinka, the second daughter of the revered writer, is said to have died after a brief…

July 23, 2013

Opinion: Dame Jonathan – A domestic appendage

by Morenike Taire Had Rotimi Amaechi been impeached by the intrigues of the anti-Amaechi segment of the Rivers Assembly, Dame Patience would have gone down in history as the first…

June 20, 2013

Wole Soyinka: The village mourners association

by Wole Soyinka As a teacher, I lament your failure to use the opportunity of the passing of a revered writer to turn your younger generation in enlightened directions. You…

December 20, 2012

“Slavery and colonialism still haunting Africa” – Wole Soyinka at launch of his new book

by Rachel Ogbu At the launching of his new book, Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka said that slavery and colonialism were two vital historical elements…

September 24, 2012

Religion against humanity by Wole Soyinka

To such a degree has Religion fueled conflict, complicated politics, retarded social development and impaired human relations across the world, that one is often tempted to propose that Religion…

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