Soyinka, in a statement on Sunday, said he felt disappointed that despite the fact that he wrote the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, on the import of allowing the anti-government protest to go ahead, the police still went ahead to issue a statement warning against the strike
Browsing: Prof. Wole Soyinka
In a press release signed on Friday by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, about 400 artworks and photographs will be on display at the exhibition
Soyinka equally condemned the handling of the crisis in Southern Kaduna by President Muhammadu and the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, has described Prof. Wole Soyinka’s literary ingenuity and contributions to the…
The Nobel laureate described those taunting him over his statement as “literalists” who obsess over a time scheme of their own assessment
Most people around the world, including some huge population of Americans, had wished for Clinton, the Democratic Party’s candidate, to win the race to the White House
This was contained in a statement by the spokesman of the group, Mudoch Agbiniogbo, who explained that the claim has the finger prints of mischief makers who wanted to distract the struggle of the group
This was contained in a letter addressed to Kalu and signed by the contact person for the East and Central Zones of the NDA , Ballatyne Agiri
Soyinka was accompanied on the visit by his long time ally and a former Managing Director of Daily Times Newspapers, Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi
Soyinka, who spoke at the National Conference on Culture and Tourism on Wednesday, said till now he does not understand what the government meant by Boko Haram being “militarily degraded”
When I read a short while ago, the Presidential assurance to this nation that the current homicidal escalation between the cattle prowlers and farming communities would soon be over, I felt mortified
To report that the state of the roads is bad is to proclaim the notoriously obvious, and to say that more people die every minute on our roads is to iterate that the road in Nigeria is no respecter of persons or class
Soyinka said: “It shows there is still too much of a military mentality embedded in some of our people and especially those who are supposed to help usher in or strengthen whatever we consider democratic usage
Reiterating his earlier statement, Mohammed promised that the national monument would not be sold but would be brought up to standard through a Public-Private Partnership
Soyinka said this when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, visited him in Lagos
The Rivers State Commissioner of Information, Austin Tam-George, levelled the allegation on Wednesday
Soyinka’s lament came on the heels of recurring reported cases and picture evidences of the regular unleash of terror on mostly unarmed and helpless Nigerians by the men in uniform, whose constitutional role is to protect the people
Nkire. who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the APC, said in Abuja that only those who want Igboland’s economy destroyed would encourage Igbos to go on fighting for secession from Nigeria
We have read with disappointment and mixed feelings some of the uncharitable statements credited to the Nobel Laureate Professor Wole…
Soyinka spoke in Lagos at a youths programme titled: “Vision of the Child”