Prof. Abigail Ogwezzy-Ndisika is the Chairperson of the 2023 Judges’ Board.
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The objection is coming in the wake of Soyinka’s declaration on Wednesday at an event titled, “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue,” which was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
According to a trending video online on Thursday, Soyinka made his views known in an interview with @oluwamayowaTJ
Originally published in 1965, The Road is a play about a day in the strange life of a group of drivers on a Nigerian road.
I have not seen the DAVIDO clip and would greatly appreciate if someone would make it available so we all can debate, objectively, the merits and demerits of positions taken over this recent product of the musician. There are however certain principles, histories, rights and responsibilities of artistic creativity that should not be smothered under emotional manipulation.
The Nobel laureate made this known in a statement he issued on the video which has generated several reactions.
The events captured the lives of two great Yoruba sons and their exemplary contributions to the development of humanity
The event is part of activities to honour the literary icon, rights activist and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on his 89th birthday.
In a statement issued by his Spokesman, Malam Abdulazeez Arowona, Monday in Ilorin, the Emir noted that peace and tranquillity are the major recipes required for the promotion of harmony in the state.
WSCIJ in a statement signed by its Executive Director/CEO, Motunrayo Alaka the late don was acknowledged as a long-time supporter of WSCIJ, having served on the Faculty of many of its training programmes and was a distinguished member of the judges’ board of its flagship award, the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting (WSAIR), for a decade.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had earlier written an open letter to the Emir of Ilorin on his position in preventing the Isese festival proposed to be hosted in the ancient city of Ilorin.
And like Yoruba people say, if you can ponder, then you will wonder, and be filled with thanksgiving to God.
And for the Igbo engaged in big-time businesses, one could well succinctly attest to the fact that successive governments in Lagos State, have often accorded them the optimum hospitality, as could ever be imagined.
His position was contained in a statement he issued on Monday on the use of an inappropriate word to label the visit.
The visit comes about a month after Soyinka denounced the activities of Obi’s followers, popularly known as OBIdient.
It focused on leadership skills, investigative reporting and mainstreaming girls and women as leaders and expert sources in news.
Remember Hitler. Think Italy’s Benito Mussolini. Fascists simply want to have their way no matter what others think or suggest.
The running mate of Peter Obi for the February 25, 2023 poll said this in a statement by the Obi-Datti Media Office.
Charly Boy, who is one of ex-Governor Obi’s supporters, called OBIdients, spoke following Soyinka’s statement on Friday
The Eagle Online recalls the NBC fined on Channels TV for the interview with Peter Obi’s running mate in the poll.