“I have called for an independent, non-partisan commission to probe at length and in-depth, in public sittings, this scandal of expanding dimensions that has crippled the energy needs of a nation of two hundred million citizens over the past two decades. The latest development is sinister and alarming.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JANUARY 12, 2024 Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole ...
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Soyinka issues a 30-day ultimatum to those disputing his academic records
“Duly modified to suit a debased internet culture, it is making its grimy rounds ironically under the auspices of a democratic political party, supposedly dedicated to an ethos of freedom of opinion and expression,” Soyinka wrote. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 8, 2023 Renowned Nigerian Nobel Laureate and literary giant, Professor Wale Soyinka, has taken a swipe at those ...
Read More »Obi-Oyedepo Leaked Audio: “My Trust Has Broken Down Completely” – Prof. Wole Soyinka
“My trust has broken down completely and even the minimum restraint that we’ve learnt to expect from seasoned politicians has been jettisoned completely.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | APRIL 4, 2023 Prof. Wole Soyinka has come down hard on the 2023 general elections and the rhetoric of political actors which he said he’s been following since he returned from an ...
Read More »Nigeria Will Breakup Unless It’s Decentralised – Prof. Wole Soyinka
“If Nigeria fails to decentralise and I mean, decentralise as fast as possible, manifestly not rhetoric, then Nigeria cannot stay together” Oyakhamoh Y. Carl-Abu’Bakar|Saturday, July 24, 2021 Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, said that there is no hope of Nigeria remaining one nation with the trend of insecurity under the Buhari administration. He maintained that Nigeria cannot continue as ...
Read More »Reminiscences: The Day I Confronted Prof. Wole Soyinka! – Ademola Oyinlola:
“In that book, Sir, the angels gathered in heaven to try Christopher Okigbo, and found him guilty of fighting for a cause not worthy of a poem.” By Ken Ikonne One odd evening in July 2001, my boss and learned Senior colleague in chambers, Amobi Nzelu Esq, did to me what I considered the greatest injustice on earth. He ...
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