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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has condemned the attacks on #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters and journalists by security agencies. In a statement on Sunday, Soyinka expressed concern over the Federal Government’s…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Friday, described corruption as a deadly cankerworm that leaves great nations in ruins and puts the people at a great disadvantage. Soyinka said that without attitudinal change and the readiness…

President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a letter he wrote to the iconic figure in commemoration of his 90th birthday. "I am…

The federal government has denied renaming the Murtala Mohammed expressway in the federal capital territory (FCT) after Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate. On June 4, President Bola Tinubu named the just inaugurated arterial road N20…

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that he may reapply for the restoration of his permanent residency in the United States following the conviction of former US President, Donald Trump. Trump was on Thursday, convicted…

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says decentralisation of the federal government power is the best way to maximise development in Nigeria. Soyinka spoke in Lagos on Thursday at a lecture held to mark the 50th anniversary of Punch…

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, said there was a conspiracy to annul the 2023 presidential election. While referring to the 1993 election cancelled by former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida (retd.), Soyinka said,…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, visited President Bola Tinubu in Lagos on Sunday, revealing that he presented a seven-point agenda toward moving Nigeria forward. Speaking with journalists after visiting the President, Soyinka…

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has said that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, who broke with his former colleague, the presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, contributed to…

The Labour Party's leadership has reprimanded Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka for saying that the opposition party tried to deceive Nigerians into thinking that Peter Obi, its presidential candidate, won the February 25 poll. The protest…

Prof. Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has accused the Labour Party of trying to mislead Nigerians about the results of the election on February 25. This statement was given by Soyinka on Wednesday in Stellenbosch, South Africa,…

Professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, has advised Nigerian Afrobeat musician Davido to disregard calls for him to apologise for the contentious music video he put on his social media accounts. Following the release of the…

The Labour Party's Peter Obi paid Wole Soyinka a visit on Sunday, and according to the Nobel laureate, no words of "reconciliation" were spoken during the meeting. In reaction to numerous reports of the visit that have surfaced,…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has called Professor Wole Soyinka “a father” through a tweet on Sunday. Obi made this comment after a visit to the Nobel Laureate in Abeokuta. This came after Obi reacted…

Famous Nigerian Writer, Chimamanda Adichie has countered Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka on the accusation that the supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi who are widely known as Obidients are fascists. Soyinka…