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Nigerian man, Ife Salako, has taken to social media to call out Wole Soyinka on his attack on the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate for 2023 elections, his excellency, Peter Obi. In a 4-minute video, Ife Salako, who identifies as an Obidient, with a view of pointing out the hypocrisy in the Professor’s words, beamed […]
Continue ReadingConcerning governance, there is never any moment too early, nor demand too drastic in calling for the overhaul of security agencies, when their activities intrude on the fundamental rights of the citizen. The practice of citizen detention at the whim of either religious blackmail or secular arrogation demands curtailment at source, most especially when exercised […]
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY SOYINKA: Statesmen Are Not Double Faced, Not Blind To Truth The Labour Party took note of the statement that emanated from the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka who as an institution we have the utmost respect for. He is a Nigerian whose accomplishments in the literary world is without doubt […]
Continue ReadingISESE has come, but not gone. We salute all those – human rights activists, community leaders, affronted citizens, advocates of equity and all – but the state governors most especially – who have taken history to task and boldly formalised a level praying ground for the exploration of the infinite, the realm of intuitions, which […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general election, Mr. Peter Obi has felicitated with the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 89th birthday. The Playwright and Nigerian literary icon turned 89 on Thursday, 13 July 2023. Obi, in a message of goodwill posted on his Twitter handle, noted that […]
Continue ReadingBefore it gains traction and embarks on a life of its own, I wish to state clearly that the word “Reconciliation” inserted into some reports of Peter Obi’s visit to me yesterday, Sunday, 7 May, is a most inappropriate, and diversionary invocation. Let me clarify: I know the entity known as Peter Obi, presidential candidate of […]
Continue ReadingThe most distressful aspect of my recent interaction with cows and herders is that it has created a most unwanted distraction from the ongoing life and death Nigerian narrative. One has to take time off to deal with distortions and fake versions, while students are being reportedly waylaid and killed and/or kidnapped in Ondo and […]
Continue ReadingConstitutional lawyers and our elected representatives should kindly step into this and educate us, mere lay minds. The worst development I can conceive is to have a situation where rational measures for the containment of the coronavirus pandemic are rejected on account of their questionable genesis. This is a time for Unity of Purpose, not […]
Continue ReadingThese are depressing times – stemming from different factors of course – for a large sector of the nation. Insecurity, economy in a coma, a leadership in name only, having vanished into ether, permanently AWOL in a time of serial crisis. No wonder mimic and debased forms of leadership assertiveness rush in to fill the […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a summit to mark the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja on Monday, Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on why he opposed the hate speech Bill proposed by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said even though he had been a victim, he would not support any attempt to “terminate recourse to […]
Continue ReadingI have no hesitation in admitting that I have a, personal, formative interest in the health of the Nigerian judiciary, deeper perhaps than the average Nigerian. At a critical junction in the life of this writer, a judge resolved to give primacy to the call of conscience, affirm his professional integrity and defend the supremacy […]
Continue ReadingDear Mr. Tonye Cole, I am writing to thank you for standing up for my father, and for respect. You ignited a social media storm that appears to have had even more impact on aviation matters than Iran’s recent downing of the U.S.A drone. Professor Soyinka’s inadvertent trespass into someone else’s ‘seatspace’ has triggered numerous […]
Continue ReadingNobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has paid a poignant tribute to the heroine Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, during an event at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, United States. The teenager was kidnapped on February 19, 2018 alongside her schoolmates from their Government Science College at Dapchi, Yobe State. Likening Leah to the late South […]
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