President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced that the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, would henceforth bear the name of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Tinubu stated...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has raised concerns about the recent remanding of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, in Kuje Correctional Centre while...
CLAIM: Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, said Tinubu’s government lacks legitimacy. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT A post on Nigeria’s microblogging platform, Nairaland, reads: “Tinubu’s government lacks...
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, On Saturday in South Africa, said the electoral victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was aided by the presidential candidates of...
Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate, has stated that nothing will weaken the Isese tradition and that it is here to stay. He said this while...
In light of his 89th birthday festivities, Prof. Wole Soyinka made three requests of the Federal Government on Sunday, including that security services reopen outstanding cases...
Noble laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has suggested that some supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, popularly known as ‘Obidients’ are...
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, is once again the talking point on social media after challenging the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed,...
Prof. Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, trended number one on Twitter after condemning ominous remarks made by Labour Party vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed, calling them...
Nigerians took to social media to react to the recent interview of revered Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, regarding the recently-concluded general elections. The Nobel laureate...
Nobel Laureate and playwright, Prof Wole Soyinka, has cried out over a fake account on WhatsApp with a post credited to him purportedly expressing his support...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State Thursday inaugurated its own wing of the South-West joint security outfit called Amotekun Corps to further strength the security apparatus...
On November 2, 2016, a week before the US Presidential elections of Nov. 8, 2016, Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature told a group...
Prof. Wole Soyinka was a subject of social media discussions on Tuesday after he frantically declined to comment on the performance of the administration of President...
Nobel Laurette, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has declared that Nigeria is in a parlous situation as nobody is in charge. He added that the year 2020 has...
Wole Soyinka Centre has condemned the attack on some television centres by suspected hoodlums. The affected television centres are the Television Continental (TVC) and Channels television....
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said on Tuesday the country was more divided like never before under President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership. The playwright’s statement came just...
DAVIDO & CHIOMA All may not be well with the union between ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ Davido Adeleke and the mother of his son, Chioma, if gist...
Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Professor Wole Soyinka had no basis to criticize President Muhammadu Buhari. He described Buhari...
Professor Wole Soyinka on Thursday said he did not believe that President Muhammadu Buhari or anybody was in charge in Aso Rock. The Nobel laureate stated...
In recent times, Professor Wole Soyinka (WS) has been at the receiving end of arrows from those who hate his guts and his intellect. Those who...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has frowned at the attack on Professor Wole Soyinka by the President Muhammadu Buhari Presidency. The former minister said the Presidency...
The Presidency on Wednesday implored Nigerians to trust information coming from scientists and medical specialists on issues concerning viral diseases, instead of listening to Professors of...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Monday described movement restriction imposed on Lagos, Ogun and Abuja by President Muhammadu Buhari as “unconstitutional and a political virus for...
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Tuesday said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo chose not to attend the presentation of Anti-Corruption Defender Award for...
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has strongly condemned the invasion of the Abuja High Court by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) to re-arrest...
Thirteen journalists from print, online, television, radio, photo, and editorial cartoon categories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism. Similarly, Vice...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Friday warned the National Assembly on the implications of passing Hate Speech Bill currently before them into law. The Nobel...
Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Sunday described education in Nigeria as horrifying. Soyinka, who spoke at the University of Lagos, Akoka, during...
The concept of nationalism mooted by former governor of Lagos State and the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been described as fake...
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for the fresh charges filed against the detained convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore. The Nigerian...
Nobel laurate, Prof Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the in the Southwestern part of the country as...
The Buhari Media Organization has asked all supporters of the #RevolutionNow protest to retrace their steps, claiming that the movement is capable of igniting violence and...
The Presidency, in it is response to Professor Wole Soyinka’s position on the arrest of Omoyele Sowore, has accused the Nobel Laureate and other Nigerians of...
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has joined other Nigerians in calling for the release of Omoyele Sowore, describing his arrest by the Department of State Services,...
Fulani socio-cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has called for the arrest of former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the latter’s recent open letter to President Muhammadu...
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has said Nigeria’s problems are beyond the capacity of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Soyinka made this comment while hosting students who paid...
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has called on the Nigerian youth to start preparing themselves for leadership positions well ahead of the 2023 elections. He made these...
False claims trail Tosin Odunfa, the young man who asked Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka to vacate the window seat for him on a commercial flight,...
Nigerian playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari-led government not to dismiss the recent warning on security by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The Noble...
Nigeria’s playwright, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the 2019 general elections as the most depressing Nigeria ever had. He also accepted that his generation has failed...
By Fredrick Nwabufo… You must understand that some things do not happen naturally here. Protests, in particular, are not organic or “an act of God”, at...
Nigeria’s playwright and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has decried the current happenings in Nigeria, heralding the forthcoming coming general elections. He expressed deep concern about...
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, Professor Wole Soyinka has said that he was not a member of any “Conveners’ Council or Third Force.” He said...
Leading contenders in the February 16 presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
Professor Wole Soyinka on Wednesday lamented the dangers of fake news, warning that it could cause World War III and that the fake news may be...
Professor Wole Soyinka has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his disregard for court orders. The Nobel Laureate, who described the action of the...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has decried President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent statement that rule of law is secondary when national interest or security is at stake....
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has revealed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo deliberately sabotaged efforts by late Chief Bola Ige at solving the power problems of...
By SOC Okenwa Obiageli (Oby) Ezekwesili was the former Education Minister during the Obasanjo presidential era. She was the co-convener of the popular Bring-Back-Our-Girls (BBOG) movement...
