Why I Went to Aso Rock - Prof. Soyinka All Smiles as He Visits Buhari in Abuja (Photos)

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari in a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

 

Multi-award winning nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, met with President Muhammadu Buhari few hours ago at the president’s office inside the presidential villa, Abuja as the agenda of the meeting described as a private one, was not made public and the Presidency did not issue any statement on it.

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Pics: Oby Ezekwesili leads BBOG group to visit OBJ, Wole Soyinka

Members of Bring Back Our Girls group led by Dr. Mrs Oby Ezekwesili visited Former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his home in Abeokuta in Ogun state this morning and also paid a visit to Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka at his home. The group said they are visiting them to intervene in the crisis in North east Nigeria. More pics after the cut...

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Jonathan worse than Nebuchadnezzar -Soyinka

  Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says President Goodluck Jonathan is worse than neo-Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, describing Jonathan as a President that embraces impunity.
Soyinka at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday blamed Jonathan for the fracas at the National Assembly in which lawmakers resorted to scaling the gate of the Assembly complex in order to gain access to their chambers after been prevented by the police.

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Must read: Wole Soyinka writes on the #bringbackjonathan post, says he knows Australian hostage negotiator

 In a piece he titled 'The Wages of Impunity', Nobel Laureate Prof Soyinka condemned the recent #bringbackjonathan2015 campaign slogan and GEJ's recent trip to Chad with Ali Modu Sheriff, who has been accused of being a Boko Haram sponsor. In the piece posted on Sahara Reporters, Prof Soyinka wrote that he knows Australian hostage negotitaorStephen Davis, saying that they both worked together under late President Umaru Musa Yar Adua's regime during the struggle for the return of peace in the Niger Delta region. He also wrote that he has his own theories regarding how General Ihejirika may have come under Stephen Davis’ searchlight.Find his article after the cut...

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Akin Bello wins $20,000 Wole Soyinka Prize

The judges of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa have named Akin Bello, a former Chairman of the Oyo State chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), as the winner of the fifth edition of the prestigious prize in Literature.

Bello was crowned by Professor Wole Soyinka, assisted by the board of the Lumina Foundation, the organisers of the prize, Governor of River State, Rotimi Amaechi & Globacom’s Head of GloWorld, Titi Ebinisi, at the grand finale of the award at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday. Continue..

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