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The Stream – Bringing down Boko Haram
Doyin Okupe, Sr Special adviser to Goodluck Jonathan, trades words with Sowore of Sahara reporters, on The Stream. Wole Soyinka and the Stream team discuss Boko Haram, Amnesty and more on the insurgency and Nigeria’s response. Related posts: Amnesty for Boko Haram… Deal or No Deal??? Boko Haram rejects amnesty! Nigeria: Amnesty for
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Manipulating judiciary will lead to chaos – Soyinka.
Soyinka explained that though the judiciary was making headway in reforms, there was still the need to tackle some dark areas in the sector. The literary giant, who spoke with reporters on Monday in Port Harcourt, pointed out that such dark areas had created the political crisis rocking the state. Soyinka was in the state
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Boko Haram have limited knowledge of Islam – Soyinka
Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has lashed at members of Boko Haram, saying they have limited knowledge of Islamic religion. Related posts: “Nigeria should appeal against Bakassi judgement” – Prof. Wole Soyinka No Need for National Conference – Soyinka Spiritual, mental slavery still exist in Nigeria —Soyinka
Spiritual, mental slavery still exist in Nigeria —Soyinka
NOBEL Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has observed that mental and spiritual slavery still exist in some parts of the world, including Nigeria, as some religious leaders are determined to enslave others rather than preach the gospel that appeal through the minds. Related posts: Manipulating judiciary will lead to chaos – Soyinka. “Nigeria should appeal
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“Nigeria should appeal against Bakassi judgement” – Prof. Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, urged the Federal Government to appeal against the ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. Soyinka said this at the commemorative lecture of rights activist, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, at 79 in Lagos on Monday. Related posts: Bakassi Appeal: Top govt officials move to defy Jonathan Bakassi People Bitter Over Loss Of
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‘National Day of Treachery’. Why Abiola must be declared elected president- Soyinka
“MKO Abiola was the nation’s elected president. Let that fact be enshrined in the nation’s records, then we would have embarked on one of the tributaries to the amplitude of true national reconciliation”. With those words, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, spoke on the anniversary of the
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Wole Soyinka’s Documentary on Secret Cults in Universities
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Is Nigeria heading ominously to a perilous future? – Soyinka
An erudite teacher of literature back in the days at the University of Ibadan, once described him as an indeterminate prodigy. Another described him as a reservoir of boundless creative energy that characterise seminal writing. Yet another chose to characterize him as one who exudes the kind of profundity and indomitability that arouses traditions of
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Prepare For Mass Protest Over Subsidy Scam, Soyinka Tells Nigerians-NAN
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, says the Farouk-Lawan report shows that Nigerians have been dehumanized. Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, on Monday urged Nigerians to get ready for another determined protest over the fuel subsidy scam. Mr. Soyinka said in a press conference organized by the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) in Lagos that revelations from the subsidy
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Is Wole Soyinka Afraid???
I Challenge Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and others to go the next step and run for elections in Nigeria. These are men with a wealth of ideas. We have heard them speak. We have heard them time and again proffer prototype solutions to our myriad of problems. Solutions that have never been implemented. What is
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No Need for National Conference – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has urged Nigerians to drop lingering clamour for national conference, saying it is no longer necessary in view of emerging democratic liberties. In place of the conference, he called for regional groupings, which would, rather than summon it, begin to “act the national conference’’ by taking their destinies in their hands.
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