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Lekki killing: Governors must demand withdrawal of soldiers now – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has asked State Governors where the Federal Government has deployed military to quell protests to demand their withdrawals now to avoid further escalation of crisis. Soyinka, in a statement, was responding to massive shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday night, condemning the act.…
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Nigeria has always been divided – Presidency replies Soyinka
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said this administration inherited a “terribly” divided country from former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2015. Adesina, speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, insisted Nigeria has always been divided. He was responding to comments made by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole…
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Obasanjo envious of Buhari – Presidency
The Presidency has debunked assertions that the President Muhmmadu Buhari-led administration has divided Nigeria along fault lines of ethnicity and religion. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina debunked the claims on Wednesday on a Channels Television political and current affairs programme, “Politics Today”. The Presidential spokesman was responding to issues surrounding recent…
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Soyinka: ‘I’m not Obasanjo’s fan, but I agree that Nigeria under Buhari is on edge of total collapse’
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said the country is more divided as never before under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka in a statement signed from his Autonomous Residence of Ijegba, Idi-Aba Estate, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday titled, “Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law,” said though not a fan of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo,…
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Buhari’s ‘failed’ government conniving with NASS to revive rejected Water Resources Bill – Soyinka
…Says FG will soon add rain to Exclusive List …condemns DSS attacks, killing of IPOB members Nobel laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka has berated the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government and National Assembly for returning a rejected bill, the National Water Resources Bill for reconsideration and possible passage to law. According to…
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I was disappointed by Achebe’s comment on my Nobel prize – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said he was disappointed by a comment made by the late renowned novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, shortly after he (Soyinka) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. In a conversation with an American-based Nigerian novelist, Okey Ndibe, which was aired on Channels Television’s Book Club, Soyinka said he…
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[Video] Wole Soyinka drops bombshell: Buhari is not in charge of Nigeria
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that he does not believe President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country. This is coming days after a retired colonel and former military administrator of Kaduna, Umar Dangiwa, wrote an open letter to Buhari over the president’s habit of appointing people from his section of the…