Tag: WOLE SOYINKA
Soyinka criticises special requirement to enter Nigeria
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has called on the Federal Government to work towards ensuring Nigerians do not have a hard time entering their own...
Mo Abudu commences screen adaptation of Soyinka’s play
Filmmaker Mo Abudu has commenced the production of Death and the King's Horsemen, an adaptation of Wole Soyinka's play.The filmmaker made this known in...
Nigeria not complete disaster yet everything is opposite – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka says he does not see Nigeria as a complete disaster despite the fact that "everything is the opposite."Soyinka stated...
Soyinka not dead — Son
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka is alive, his son Ilemakin confirmed on Monday.A Twitter account supposedly belonging to winner of the 2021 Nobel prize...
Soyinka condemns NBC query to Channels TV over Ortom interview
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has expressed bewilderment over the query the National Broadcasting Commission issued to Channels Television following an interview where Benue...
Nigerian govt kidnapped Nnamdi Kanu – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka says he believes the Nigerian government “kidnapped” the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu.Attorney-general of the...
Nigeria may not witness another Democracy Day — Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka says Nigeria may not celebrate another Democracy Day if the system of government is not decentralised.On the sidelines of...
Twitter: I’m not surprised at Buhari’s behaviour — Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka says he is not surprised President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria.Minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed...
Buhari’s threat to dissidents tragically untimely — Soyinka
Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for threatening to deal with those burning public buildings and calling for insurrection in...
Soyinka dissociates self from WhatsApp message on Yoruba nation
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has distanced himself from a message being circulated on WhatsApp by agitators of an independent Yoruba nation.Soyinka, in a statement...