Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over Nigeria’s military involvement in the recently foiled coup attempt in the Republic of Benin. Speaking in Lagos at the 20th Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Awards, the literary icon warned that such interventions could have serious implications for regional stability and…
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has taken a swipe at former U.S. President Donald Trump over his recent comments about sending American troops to Nigeria. Soyinka said the remarks showed a poor grasp of Nigeria’s long-standing security issues. He spoke on Friday after a meeting with Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia in Makurdi. The playwright explained…
Africa’s only Nobel Laureate in Literature, Nigeria’s Wole Soyinka has been designated a persona non grata and threat to the National Security of the United States of America by the State Department for daring to lambast, tongue-lash, and rubbish the policies of the 47th President of the United States constantly on international media interviews, which…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has given a detailed account of how he was abducted and robbed in Bucharest, Romania, when he visited that country recently to attend the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, FITS, one of the world’s largest theatre festivals. Soyinka made this known in an exclusive interview with TheNEWS/PMNEWS on Tuesday, September 9…
