Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka, will be the distinguished VIP speaker at Africa Alive! 2024, a premier gathering of Harvard alumni, faculty, and students passionate about Africa’s future. A statement signed by Tomas Felcman on behalf of Africa Alive!, the 2024 organising committee, stated that the event will be held from 11 … Read more
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has expressed reservations about having his life story filmed. In an exclusive interview with CNN on Tuesday, the playwright commented about the feature movie “The Man Died,” an adaptation of his 1972 Memoir chronicling his 22-month prison confinement during the Military era. He said, “Let me put it this way: Turning … Read more
Prominent Nigerians have knocked President Bola Tinubu over his address on the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests against the economic crisis in the country. Nigerians in major cities have taken to the streets since Thursday to protest the rising cost of living while calling for an end to “bad governance.” The protests have resulted in looting of … Read more
Former Senator and former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, on Sunday, berated the youths criticising the Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, for not engaging the government of President Bola Tinubu on some of his policies, as he always did with other administrations. Mr Ojudu advised the young ones to go … Read more
The need for critical thinking, introspection, verification, and media literacy remains sacrosanct to protect the values of truth, justice, peace, fairness, and social equity in Nigeria and globally, panelists said at the 2024 Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture. The event was held at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, on Saturday to honour Africa’s first Nobel … Read more
Organisers of Soyinka at 90 Birthday Essay Competition, ‘The Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE), have announced the 90 finalists for the 2024 essay competition for senior secondary school students. The essay competition is one of the many activities to celebrate Mr Soyinka, who turns 90 on 13 July. Over the past 15 years, the … Read more
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Arterial Road N20, which runs from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Arterial Road N20 is one of the transverse arterial roads connecting the Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) and the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) through the sector centres. It will … Read more
We have this understanding that he let me know whenever he arrives the country from his United States base, for a chance to hold conversations on literature, the arts and invariably the state of the nation he loves so passionately. It is a self-serving proposition on my part that has enabled me to scoop fellow … Read more
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has lent his voice to the call for decentralisation of the running of the country, saying that it remained the only path for Nigeria to true nationhood. Delivering a public lecture, titled, ‘Recovering the Narrative,’ to mark PUNCH newspaper’s 50th anniversary on Thursday in Lagos, Mr Soyinka said decentralisation was key … Read more
