Tag: WOLE SOYINKA
Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange goes digital for 2020 edition
The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) is set to hold its annual programme which usually coincides with the celebration of the birthday anniversary...
Buhari not in charge of Nigeria’s affairs – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that he does not believe President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country.
A retired colonel and...
Soyinka: Twitter war erupts over presidency’s fiction writer comments
Nigerians on Twitter have begun throwing banters over the Presidency’s description of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, as a fiction writer following his doubts on...
Presidency knocks Soyinka over comments on legality of 14-day lockdown
The Presidency has enjoined Nigerians to trust information coming from scientists and medical specialists as regard issues concerning diseases, instead of listening to professors...
Soyinka postpones book presentation indefinitely over coronavirus
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has postponed the exclusive presentation of his latest book, Beyond Aesthetics, following the Lagos State Government’s directive in containing...
Sanusi: Ganduje lacks real friends – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has weighed in on the dethronement of Lamido Sanusi as emir of Kano, saying Governor Abdullahi Ganduje lacks real...
First Nigerian woman to play table tennis, Mabel Segun, turns 90
Eminent playwright, poet, broadcaster and sportswoman, Mabel Segun, celebrated her 90th birthday on Tuesday, February 18.
It was a lowkey celebration witnessed by close family,
friends...
Soyinka denies being on panel to review Uzodinma, Ihedioha tussle
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has debunked reports
suggesting he has been appointed to serve on a monitoring team regarding a
forthcoming Supreme Court review of the...
Wole Soyinka, Shehu Sani, Chidi Odinkalu, Deji Adeyanju attend Sowore’s trial
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, and Senator Shehu Sani have attended the trial of the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, at the Federal High...
Soyinka knocks Balarabe over statement on Amotekun birthing Oduduwa Republic
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has knocked an ex-governor
of the old Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, over his comment that Operation
Amotekun, a security outfit launched by...