Soyinka denounces post on his support of Tinubu’s presidential aspiration
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has denied making any statement in support for the presidential aspiration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. A Facebook post by a […]
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Buhari congratulates Tanzanian winner of 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja congratulated the winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian and former lecturer […]
Soyinka’s shocker: Solving Maths problems saved me from insanity during incarceration
Photo:Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka presenting cash and laptop gift to Aishat Kareem of Aminat International College, Obantoko, winner of 2020 JET Competition, while Ogun […]
Success comes packaged in a string of failures
By Osmund Agbo “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” – C.S. Lewis A good number of kids have dreams about what they […]
Okowa salutes Soyinka at 87
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Tuesday, congratulated Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 87th birthday. The governor, in a statement […]
Children’s Day: Soyinka calls for quality education for children
Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on the Federal Government to improve the standard of education in the country towards a brighter future and growth of […]
Clarifications and re-statements, By Edwin Madunagu
My last article, “Further notes to the Nigerian Left” (late February 2021), was a deliberately condensed message. It was so because I feared that […]
Nation’s challenges take centre stage at 2021 Awolowo Lecture as leaders speak out
Nigerian leaders and panelists, at the 2021 Obafemi Awolowo Annual Lecture, have reiterated the necessity of building a united and progressive Nigeria through massive education […]
Trump and Wole Soyinka’s Green Card, by Reuben Abati
On November 2, 2016, a week before the US Presidential elections of Nov. 8, 2016, Wole Soyinka, Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature told a […]
Bishop Matthew Kukah: Can a partisan tell truth to power? By Jibrin Ibrahim
This week, the major controversy in the country has been Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message for 2020 which has divided the country right down the middle. […]
Young Writers to launch three electronic books
The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) under the leadership of Wole Adedoyin is set to launch three electronic books. The books are; Senator Abiola […]
Sam Nda-Isaiah : Blessed is the dead, By Issa Aremu
Having witnessed the passing of most loved ones in quick succession in recent times, (mother, wife, relatives and comrades alike) I had appreciated that […]
Zik Prize: Danbatta dedicates award to NCC Board, Management, Staff
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the weekend, dedicated his Zik Prize to the board, management […]
Nigerian Guild of Editors holds annual conference Nov. 26
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, the umbrella body of all editors in Nigeria, will hold this year’s edition of its annual flagship conference, the All […]
Ripples Nigeria centre to train journalists on open contracting, data journalism, others
The Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism (RCDIJ), a non-profit sister organisation to Ripples Nigeria, Nigeria’s award-winning online newspaper, is set to hold […]
World Exclusive: Wole Soyinka publishes new novel
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It is cool by me to let out this news item as a World Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka will […]
Explore Nigeria: A timely and transformative intervention
By Isaac Yakubu Tourism, arts and culture are inter-twined aspects of everyday life in human society. Where arts and culture are enduring ways of […]
Nigeria at 60, By Jibrin Ibrahim
“I love my country I no go lie. Na inside am I go live and die” – Wole Soyinka Yes, yesterday, our country Nigeria […]
Pathway to National Dialogue and Rebirth, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Nigeria is in a dangerous position where too many of its citizens and collectives have concluded that things cannot continue the way they […]
Soyinka backs Obasanjo on Nigeria being more divided under Buhari
Playwright and Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has stood behind former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his statement that Nigeria has become more divided under President […]
Nobel Prize: Achebe’s comment disappointed me – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has flayed a comment by late novelist,Chinua Achebe, after he (Soyinka) bagged the much coveted Nobel Prize for Literature back […]