Tag: soyinka
-
2019: Soyinka blasts former president for asking Nigerians to support ‘Lucifer’
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday warned Nigerians to be wary of a former president who pretends to be the conscience of the nation. Soyinka said this in Abuja at a symposium on fake news organised by BBC News. The playwright, who was a panelist at the event tagged, ‘Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News’,…
-
Why World War III may be caused by Nigerian – Soyinka
Noble laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, said fake news may cause World War III if effort was not made to curb it. He was speaking at a conference on fake news, titled: “Nigeria 2019: Countering Fake News”. It was organized by BBC News. “I made a statement before that if we are not careful,…
-
Handshake Across History?, By Wole Soyinka
Let us begin with some collective introspection. I have become increasingly convinced that, between leadership and the led, there is only a very thin dividing line, often nearly indistinguishable. There is no question in my mind that, most often, the so-called led are their own worst enemies, even to the point of self-betrayal and treachery…
-
Leave Obasanjo alone, Yoruba group warns Wole Soyinka
The Yoruba Consultative Forum (YCF) on Tuesday cautioned Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka against further verbal attacks on former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The forum berated the playwright’s “undisguised campaign of calumny” against the former president. In a statement by its President, Prof. Tejumade Rhodes, the YCF slammed Soyinka for “revelling in a poisonous vendetta and…
-
2019: Nobody should be crucified for leaving a party -Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, says he does not believe anyone who decides to leave a party should be crucified for making such decision. He said this on Thursday in Lagos at the presentation of his new book ‘Who Is Watching The Watchmen?’. Professor Soyinka, however, criticised the ill intentions of some politicians as their…
-
Benue killings purely ethnic cleansing – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said the killings in Benue and other parts of the country were targeted at ethnic cleansing. He spoke in Makurdi, Benue State, North-central Nigeria, when he paid visit to the Governor, Sam Ortom. According to him: “The killings that are taking place in Benue and other states are…
-
Corruption won’t end until EFCC jails corrupt ex-presidents – Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says until corrupt Nigerian leaders start getting jailed, the war against corruption will never be won. Soyinka said this in Abuja on Monday at the 8th Commonwealth Regional Conference for Heads of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Africa. The playwright said he recently visited the new head office of the Economic and…