The 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Literature was born on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
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God has indeed endowed him with good health and a sound mind. At his age, he is still agile and full of life.
He said this in a statement after the conviction of former President Donald Trump on Thursday, with sentencing on July 11.
The ex-Minister spoke at an event to commemorate the 90th birthday of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in Lagos.
He noted that previous national conferences organised to address the challenges facing Nigeria were deceitful.
Soyinka spoke at the Punch 50th Anniversary Lecture titled “Recovering the Narrative” at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Shyllon did so at the maiden edition of African Citations, an exhibition of poetic tributes that Lasisi held in Lagos.
Professor Soyinka stated this in Lagos State when he fielded questions from State House Correspondents on Sunday.
“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”
Tinubu’s submission is contained in a State House statement signed Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on his 85th birthday on July 13.
The move was announced by the CEO of EbonyLife Television, Mo Abudu on her Instagram page @moabudu.
Soyinka was honoured in Nsukka, during the 2nd Memorial Chinua Achebe International Conference, organised by the Institute.
Soyinka gave the advice on Thursday in Makurdi when he visited Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom.
The 2018 IPI congress will hold in June at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. About 350 journalists from across the world are expected at the congress, which is being hosted in Nigeria for the first time.
The endorsement was one of the resolutions of a grand national political summit held on March 21, 2018 in Abuja.
The Governor, who presented the Letter of the Honorary Ambassadorial Award to the literary icon on Friday in the Government House, Yenagoa, said the honour was bestowed on Soyinka because of his achievements and democratization of knowledge across the world.
Soyinka equally condemned the handling of the crisis in Southern Kaduna by President Muhammadu and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
Continuing, Prof Soyinka who warned against act of pettiness on the part of government over the grounded aircraft belonging to the Rivers State government said he was in Port Harcourt ahead of preparations for the 2014 Port Harcourt World Book festival