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…
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…
Wole Soyinka and the “Cancer of Illiteracy”
Here we go again! I have not seen the final presentation of a BBC feature programme on Health Awareness in which my 2014 experience with cancer was featured, but have been bombarded by narratives of the most disquieting nature, distortions…
Is it now cool to kill?: An anguished letter to Nigerian lawmakers – Wole Soyinka
My dear Honourables, I hope you will excuse me for distracting you from your onerous duties, but I am a current sufferer – and I am not alone – from a persistent nightmare. That affliction has been induced by your…
Sowore, human rights and the rule of law – Wole Soyinka
It should become abundantly clear by now that Civil Society organisations, committed to the entrenchment of the Rule of Law and the defence of fundamental human rights must come together. This is not a new cry. They must meet, debate,…