The 15th edition of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) has come to a close, marking the end of a month-long celebration of Professor Wole Soyinka’s 90th birthday. The programme, which aimed to promote education, cultural exchange, and youth…
The Ogun State Government has awarded scholarships to nine students who performed creditably well in an essay competition to mark the 90th birthday celebration of the Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka. Speaking at the 2024 edition of the Wole Soyinka…
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has described Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as a literary icon and a voice for social justice and human rights, whose legacies straddles the entire world. Governor Abiodun, in a statement by his Chief…
President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday. The tribute dated “Professor Wole…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Arterial Road N20, which runs from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Arterial Road N20 is one of the transverse arterial roads connecting the Outer…
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has insisted that the emergence of Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), is a result of the consequence of the “EndSARS movement”. The EndSARS movement was a peaceful protest against…
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has revealed how he advised the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to step down for the younger generation. Soyinka…
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has debunked claims that he has endorsed the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Pictures of Soyinka and Tinubu went viral on Wednesday after the former Lagos State…
…As Gov. Abiodun rewards Ogun academic laureates Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has disclosed how solving mathematical problems saved him from insanity during his 27 months incarceration. Soyinka, said though he disliked Maths as a subject while in…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has congratulated Professor Wole Soyinka on his 87th birthday anniversary. Abiodun, in his birthday message on Tuesday, said Soyinka was able to conquer the world with his works of art. The Governor said heavens,…
