'Why I Rejected The Centenary Awards' - Soyinka Opens Up 1 March, 2014

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100 persons were honoured with Centenary awards by the Federal Government as part of Nigeria’s Centenary celebration. Professor Soyinka who was among the 100 rejected the award as the late Nigerian tyrant, General Sani Abacha and other known killers and looters of Nigeria’s treasury were also on the list.

In a rejection note headlined 

"The Canonisation of Terror", Soyinka observed that the inclusion of Abacha on the list does not only show a failure of a moral rigour but it calls into question "the entire ethical landscape into which this nation has been forced by insensate leadership".

Why Olamide Rejected DBanj

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For a while now, D’Banj and his management team have been planning to sign in rapper Olamide to the his label, however, Olamide turned down the Koko master’s offer, preffering to roll alone for now.

Olamide, who does not want to play the fool at this phase of his career, politely told D’Banj that he was not ready to surrender some of his powers, especially having to be booked for shows only by D’Banj’s management outfit, pleaded for time to even think about the offer as he still wants to work with his present team and taking things as they come for now.

He believes that for now, there is nothing D’BANJ could do for him that he can’t do by himself. In the future, I will consider his offer. If anybody wants me, he should have unfettered access to me. I am just starting out in the profession’, he allegedly told close friends.

Man urinates on woman after she rejected his advances

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advances at a bar so he decided to urinate on her.  Boulder police arrested a man who witnesses say approached a woman and when she refused his advances, he wet her with his urine.  The man was identified as Timothy Paez, 22, and witnesses say he urinated on a woman after she rejected his advances on Saturday night.  According to press reports, the woman said she was at Shooters Grill and Bar when Paez approached her around 23:45. The woman said Paez put his arm around her and she said "eh, really" then she told Paez take off his arm. 

A few minutes later, she felt liquid hitting her leg. She told police at first she thought he was pouring beer, but when she turned around she saw Paez urinating on her leg.