Nobel Laureate

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has debunked claims that he paid tribute to the Presidential standard bearer of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The elder statesman had earlier in the year also dismissed…

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, said he was prevented from boarding at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France, for failing to obtain what the airline staff described as a ‘permit to travel’ to Nigeria. Soyinka…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise called, Sunday Igboho, is not a criminal. Prof. Soyinka made the observation while speaking with journalists at the Freedom Park,…

By ROSE MOSES For pulling down a presidential tweet widely seen as a threat of violence against Nigeria's Southeast…Ok...let’s put it this way. For making the Nigerian president ‘angry’, about 200 million Nigerians are to be denied the…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, cleared the air over purported attack on him by Fulani herdsmen, saying that he was not physically attacked, but that the herders and cows attacked his property. On Tuesday, there were…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year as a result of the vicissitudes of problems, saying the country appears on auto pilot. He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of…

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has said this administration inherited a ‘terribly’ divided country from former President Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015. Adesina, speaking on Channels…

The Presidency has fired back at Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over his criticism of government's lockdown order of Lagos, Ogun and FCT to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the country. Prof. Soyinka had earlier in the week said…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and former senator Shehu Sani were among notable Nigerians that had arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, in solidarity with human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, who is standing trial for…

Ayodele Olalere Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar lll, and other top dignitaries will, on Monday, January 13, 2020, speak at a…