Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law – Wole Soyinka

I am notoriously no fan of Olusegun Obasanjo, General, twice former president and co-architect with other past leaders of the crumbling edifice that is still generously called Nigeria. I have no reasons to change my stance on his record. Nonetheless,…

Femi Fani-Kayode: Kudos to Amos Etuk, Akwa Ibom NUJ – Princess Mikky Attah

Nigerians had their sensitivities rightly offended recently after watching a viral video featuring a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. In it, a raging Fani- Kayode poured vituperation on a reporter just for doing his job at a press conference…

MLK’S ‘Mighty stream of righteousness’ – Wole Soyinka

On Friday, February 28th, our kinfolk in the United States, standing shoulder to shoulder with their white compatriots of conscience who have repudiated, or are labouring to discard the privileged mores of a culture of racist disdain, will re-enact the…

*School supervisor jailed 60 years for child defilement loses appeal (Nation) *Third Mainland Bridge: LAGSEC to free Oyingbo axis of roadside market activities (Guardian)

School supervisor jailed 60 years for child defilement loses appeal (Nation) The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos on Monday affirmed the 60 year jail term imposed on Adegboyega Adenekan, a former Supervisor of the Chrisland School, VGC, Lekki, Lagos…

Waiting for the 90th (Two poems to WS @ 70 and 80)

1. Enigmata (To Wole Soyinka @ 70). You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yet Aligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed in straight draughts Yet stooped to housebreak Euripides for us: A tiger flauntet not its tigritude, you…

Thunder strikes 86 times in celebration of Wole Soyinka – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Even the elements are not left out: Lightning! Thunder! They all celebrate Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, that is, Wole Soyinka for short. Wole Soyinka threw a party for my class on graduation, declaring us the most challenging students he had ever…

Winners in 2020 Wole Soyinka Essay Competition emerge July 14

The prize announcement ceremony for winners in the international essay competition of the 11th Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) holds on Tuesday, July 14 via Zoom, the organisers have said. A statement by the organisers said the competition, which…

Sanusi’s dethronement: Full text of Wole Soyinka’s statement

Prof. Wole Soyinka has weighed in on the recent dethronement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano. Please find below the full test of the Nobel Laureate’s statement: FOR WHOM THE GATES OPEN WIDE These are depressing times –…

Tragedy begins when fears are mistaken or promoted as facts – Wole Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka has warned that tragedy, especially for nations, often begins when fears are mistaken or promoted as facts. The Nobel Laureate was responding to a statement on the Operation Amotekun security outfit birthed by southern governors credited to…

A timely lesson on basic court manners from Wole Soyinka

A few years ago, I watched the video of a pack of the famed African wild dogs hunt, eventually bring down, and proceed to devour a quarry. It was an impala, antelope family. The pack isolated the most vulnerable looking…

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