Soyinka declares 2019 election most depressing, admits his generation failed Nigeria

Soyinka declares 2019 election most depressing, admits his generation failed Nigeria

Posted on April 24, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate says the 2019 election in Nigeria is one of the most depressing elections the country has been through adding that his generation has failed the country. Speaking on Hard Talk, a BBC programme, the professor said the dreams people of his generation had about the country had not materialised. Zeinab Badawi,

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Presidency 2019: Wole Soyinka endorses Moghalu, shuns Atiku, Buhari

Presidency 2019: Wole Soyinka endorses Moghalu, shuns Atiku, Buhari

Posted on February 8, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu for President. This was made known by Soyinka and his civil society group, Citizens Forum (CF), in a statement made available on Friday. According to Soyinka in the statement personally signed by him, the decision to

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Soyinka – I am not a member of any Conveners’ Council or Third Force

Soyinka – I am not a member of any Conveners’ Council or Third Force

Posted on February 4, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said he actually supports any move that would wrestle power from the two major political parties in the country but he does not belong to the group called the Third Force or any Conveners’ Council. Prof. Soyinka, in a statement he issued on Sunday, said he is, however,

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Wole Soyinka identifies what may trigger third world war

Wole Soyinka identifies what may trigger third world war

Posted on January 9, 2019 Authornewsheadline247

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has revealed what may likely trigger a third world war. Speaking at a symposium in Abuja on Wednesday, the literary icon identified fake news as a threat to mankind and may cause the third world war. During the last Presidential election, Soyinka said he was quoted as saying that

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Plateau Killings: Soyinka says Buhari treating herdsmen with kid gloves

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Plateau Killings: Soyinka says Buhari treating herdsmen with kid gloves

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday knocked President Muhammadu Buhari for his slow and late response to killings by herdsmen amid the general insecurity in the country. The former president paid a condolence visit to Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Wednesday. He said the magnitude of security

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Obasanjo, the greatest hypocritical leader ever produced – Soyinka

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Obasanjo, the greatest hypocritical leader ever produced – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the least worthy of former Heads of State to champion the political recovery process of the nation”. He said by doing so, Obasanjo has “crossed the red line”.Soyinka stated this in Abuja at a Gala Dinner and Award Night hosted by the Federal

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Soyinka tackles Buhari, says choose between MKO Abiola, Abacha, stop confusing Nigerians

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Soyinka tackles Buhari, says choose between MKO Abiola, Abacha, stop confusing Nigerians

June 12, 2018

Professor Wole Soyinka has confronted President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to stop confusing Nigerians over his position between late MKO Abiola and late General Sani Abacha.

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Soyinka describes herdsmen killings as ethnic cleansing; urges FG to seek foreign help

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Soyinka describes herdsmen killings as ethnic cleansing; urges FG to seek foreign help

May 25, 2018

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka has advised the federal government to seek assistance from the international community to end series of gruesome killings by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria

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‘If I meet Buhari, I will say Mr President you are in a trance’ – Soyinka

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‘If I meet Buhari, I will say Mr President you are in a trance’ – Soyinka

February 13, 2018

Respected playwright and social critic, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is in a ‘trance’.

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Ahead 2018: PDP slams APC, says party not equipped for governance

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Ahead 2018: PDP slams APC, says party not equipped for governance
December 31, 2017

• Wole Soyinka declares ‘country now dysfunctional’

• Opposition seeks forensic probe of new subsidy regime

As the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continue to bicker over the rationale for the covert restoration of fuel subsidy, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says he can only wish Nigerians less misery in the coming year.Soyinka stressed that prevailing socio-economic circumstances in the country make a genuine happy New Year greeting an extravagant wish, adding that 40 years after the country passed through the same problems associated with scarcity of fuel, the ugly development is still rife.

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Less than a year after tearing his Green Card;Wole Soyinka goes to Trump’s America

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Wole Soyinka goes to Trump’s America; Says, ‘I’ll go in as an alien from outer space’
November 4, 2017


Professor Wole Soyinka is going back to  Donald Trump’s America, less than a year after he tore his Green Card following the election of Donald Trump as the president.

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UPDATE: Buhari, Wole Soyinka meet on national, international issues

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The meeting which lasted about an hour was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.