The Arojah Royal Theatre, in collaboration with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Korean Cultural Centre and Klub98 Initiative, is set to host the 2024 edition of Kongi’s Harvest in a…
The Africa Centre, in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE), Nigeria, is thrilled to announce a nine-day festival honouring Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday. The celebration…
With World Poetry Day on March 21st, Providus Bank is once again taking the lead in promoting the art of poetry with its annual “Providus Bank Poetry Café” event. Held…
Nigerians love celebrations, especially burials. We spare no expense on what we call a ‘befitting burial’. Though the children of the deceased might be hand-in-glove with poverty, they don’t mind…
The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso is dead! The lionised writer, Kole Omotoso, was my teacher at the then University of…
In 2019, Professor Wole Soyinka had a fascinating conversation with Christiane Amanpour of CNN. When he was asked about the right to give and take offence in a democracy, he…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has come for Channels Television for inaccurate reporting, while tasking the media in general on social responsibility. In a statement released Tuesday, he said that…
Return of Bandits: Gunmen terrorise Niger, Kaduna, Kogi, Bayelsa, Adamawa (Vanguard) After what appears as a lull in their murderous activities during the general elections and cash crunch that hit…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has weighed in on the Onyeka Nwelue/ Oxford imbroglio, saying that “beyond Nwelue, that very society is indicted and summoned to some intense soul-searching, involving…
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has reacted to a newspaper article credited to Professor Bola Akinterinwa, saying that a statement he attributed to him, “is not mine”. Read the full…