Showing posts with label Soyinka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soyinka. Show all posts

Friday, April 25, 2014

Nyanya, Abuja blast: Soyinka carpets Pres. GEJ over Kano rally



NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for embarking on a political rally barely 48 hours after the Nyanya  bomb blast and the abduction of school girls in Chibok in Bornu State.
Soyinka lamented that while the leadership of the country visited some victims of Nyaya Motor Park explosion and assured victims that they would not be abandoned, the President travelled to Kano for a rally.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Really!!! Gov Amaechi Impregnates Wole Soyinka's Child As They Expect Baby Soon?




~ Governor Rotimi Amaechi Expecting A Baby From Soyinka’s Daughter
~ Professor Wole Soyinka’s Daughter Moves To Port Harcourt



Few weeks ago, it was reported in magazine headlines that a particular South-South governor is under investigation for an alleged extra marital affairs in his household

Yesterday, the story pointed to Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The unconfirmed rumour disclosed that the governor has impregnated the daughter of Professor Wole Soyinka, Moremi and that she is set to put to bed any moment from now.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Abacha’s daughter under fire for attacking - Wole Soyinka




Gumsu, one of the daughters of the late maximum ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha, has taken to Twitter to snarl abuse at Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.  She described the iconic writer as an “empty professor”, accusing him of assuming the role of a critic in the Nigerian polity because of financial gains.

Though the reason behind the Twitter rant could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, her earlier message in a tweet had stated, “Do the thing you fear the most. If there’s one thing that will change your thoughts quicker than anything else, it’s facing your fears.”
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

"You cannot take the swamp out of the hippopotamus" - Wole Soyinka Warns



Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has fired yet another coded message in the direction of the Presidency just as he warned of dire consequences for the country should the crisis in Rivers State be allowed to fester.
Professor Soyinka, in a statement stated that “even after the Rivers crisis has been resolved, this notorious proceeding will not be permitted to fester unchallenged.”
Painting a picture of what appears to be the root cause of the present no-love lost relationship between the Presidency and Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Professor Soyinka says, “Before the press conference held by Femi Falana and myself – that is, even before the Rivers Assembly fracas – I had been canvassed by opposing sides of the face-off, both via telephone and
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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Professor Wole Soyinka Clocks 79 Today




Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka is a year older today.  He was born Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka on July 13, 1934 in Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria.  The Isara Remo indigene is the 2nd of 6 children born to his family.  His father Samuel Ayodele Soyinka was a minister at Anglican church while his mother Grace Eniola Soyinka was a trader.

Soyinka is a cousin to late Afro legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti since his mother was a descendant of the Ransom-Kuti family in Abeokuta.

To make his birthday a grand affair, a number of activities have been lined up, and the most significant of it all is the Open Door Series Project WS79 organized by Zmirage Multimedia Limited.

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"First Lady, Patience Jonathan " - Soyinka Is An Embarrassment"



Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Friday took a swipe at Prof. Wole Soyinka, for attributing the crisis in the Rivers State House of Assembly to her.  In a statement by her spokesman, Ayo Osinlu, the First Lady said Soyinka betrayed the moral duty that was expected of him as a respected member of the society, to carefully consider all shades of issues that informed his opinions on any matter.

Mrs. Jonathan said Soyinka had become an embarrassment to his admirers with his diatribe against her.  “Unfortunately, Soyinka betrayed moral duty in his recent diatribe against Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

“Of course, this would not be the first time he would reach out against the First Lady, usually from self- righteously indignant lecterns.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Video: "Patience Jonathan Is Getting Away With Murder" - Soyinka ask GEJ To Call Wife To Order



Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka was visibly angry as he accuses Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of President Jonathan of escalating the crisis that is currently being experienced in her home state of Rivers.  Soyinka also asked the President to call his wife to order and curb her excesses.

SOYINKA BLASTS NIGERIA'S FIRST LADY OVER RIVERS CRISIS



Tuesday, February 5, 2013

WOW!!! Picture Of Wole Soyinka And His Sister In 1940



His eyes gave him away. You can tell from his eyes that he was a no- nonsense boy, even at that age.
Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, notable especially as a playwright and poet; he was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first person in Africa and the diaspora to be so honoured.

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