by Alexander O. Onukwue It is hardly a secret that Professor Wole Soyinka was pleased with the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan by Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 elections. The Nobel Laureate was not dry with stinging words about the former administration, raising issues about corruption and inefficiency of Governance severally. In Buhari’s reign, though,... Read More

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April 29, 2017

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How herdsmen invaded Soyinka’s residence – Domestic staff

by Dolapo Adelana One of the domestic staff members of Professor Wole Soyinka has confirmed reports that herdsmen invaded the residence of the Nobel laureate in Ilugun Village, Abeokuta. The domestic worker, who refused to reveal his name, disclosed this to journalists on Friday at the residence of the playwright, located in a serene forest... Read More

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April 28, 2017

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Herdsmen invade Soyinka’s residence

by Dolapo Adelana Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Friday said herdsmen have again invaded his home in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Last year while he was away from the country, herdsmen attacked Soyinka’s home. Narrating his ordeal then, the Nobel laureate said, he returned to “find that my home ground had been invaded, and... Read More

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February 5, 2015

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Opinion: Asari Dokubo needs to start thinking before opening his mouth

by Babatunde Odunlami It is proof of Nigeria’s lawlessness and monumental decadence that riff raffs, thugs and lowlifes like Asari Dokubo,Tompolo, Boyloaf can threaten the nation because of the electoral fortune of their kinsman. I read with consternation the public outburst of Asari Dokubo against the Yorubas in the build up to the 2015 elections.... Read More

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February 1, 2015

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Simon Kolawole: How Nigerians will vote this February

by Simon Kolawole …there is no amount of “stomach infrastructure” that will make President Goodluck Jonathan win Katsina State or Gen. Muhammadu Buhari sweep Bayelsa State. As I optimistically project that this year’s presidential election is going to be phenomenal, I am also cracking my brain trying to understand the Nigerian electorate and how the voting... Read More

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October 14, 2014

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“Stomach honorarium” – Ekiti PDP diss Soyinka over governorship election comments

by Godwin Akanfe The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has hit back at Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over his recent comments that the defeat of outgoing Governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi at the governorship elections was a mystery. Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state PDP spokesman, Kola Oluwawole, said that... Read More

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September 13, 2014

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Wole Soyinka: The wages of impunity

by Wole Soyinka The dancing obscenity of Shekau and his gang of psychopaths and child abductors, taunting the world, mocking the BRING BACK OUR GIRLS campaign on internet, finally met its match in Nigeria to inaugurate the week of September 11 – most appropriately. Shekau’s danse macabre was surpassed by the unfurling of a political... Read More

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June 18, 2014

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Dele Agekameh: The forgotten girls of Chibok

by Dele Agekameh Unfortunately, days have turned into weeks and months, and nothing tangible or cheering has been on the horizon about the girls’ return to reunite with their loved ones. On Saturday, May 10, 2014, Wole Soyinka, professor and Nobel Laureate, appearedon the British Broadcasting Corporation’s programme, Hardtalk and added his voice to the... Read More

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April 25, 2014

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Wole Soyinka: Republic of the kind and the thralldom of fear

by Prof. Wole Soyinka Emperor Nero only fiddled while Rome burned. There is no record of him dancing to his own tune. There is, nonetheless, an expression for that kind of dance – it is known as danse macabre, and we all know what that portends. I have a cloud of sadness within me... Read More

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March 2, 2014

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Wole Soyinka: Why I rejected Jonathan’s Centenary Award

by Professor Wole Soyinka What the government of Goodluck Jonathan has done is to scoop up a century’s accumulated degeneracy in one preeminent symbol, then place it on a podium for the nation to admire, emulate and even – worship. The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent... Read More

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July 28, 2013

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“We cannot guarantee their safety”: Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana warned to stay away from Rivers

by Chi Ibe Professor Wole Soyinka and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana have been advised by the militant group, Ijaw Freedom Fighters (IFF), and a non-governmental organisation, Ijaw People’s Development Initiatives (IPDI) to stay away from Port Harcourt during the up-coming rally holding next week, new reports say. A few civil rights groups have scheduled a... Read More

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