Professor Wole Soyinka

December 10, (THEWILL) — Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has raised concerns over the heavy security detail assigned to Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, warning that such deployments could further strain Nigeria’s already overstretched national security...

October 02, (THEWILL) — President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday said the decision to rename the renovated National Arts Theatre after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, was a fitting tribute to a man whose life’s work has placed Nigeria on...

March 23, (THEWILL) – Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has condemned the declaration of a State of Emergency in Rivers State, emphasising that the dissolution of the State House of Assembly and the removal from office of Governor...

#EndBadGovernance Committee Vows to Continue Protest CSO Expresses Readiness to Dialogue Youth Groups, Soyinka, CNPP Pick Holes in Speech Protesters Press on August 05, (THEWILL) – Youth groups, Civil Society Organizations, associations, #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Committee and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole...

August 04, (THEWILL) – Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide address on the ongoing protest against hunger and economic hardship, saying it failed to address the security agencies’ brutal crackdown on protesters. THEWILL had reported...

August 03, (THEWILL) – Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has defended one of the phrases 'blood for blood', used by National Association of Seadogs, otherwise known as Pyrates Confraternity, noting that the expression means blood donation to save...

April 24, (THEWILL) - Nigeria filmmaker and director, Joshua Ojo, is set to unveil a biopic on Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka. The film, according to him, captures the life and strides of the legendary Nobel Laureate. The movie,...

March 01, (THEWILL) - Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called for the reconfiguration and decentralisation of the country, saying they are necessary steps towards national progress. Speaking on Thursday, at the 50th-anniversary lecture of the Punch newspaper, Soyinka said...

July 17, (THEWILL) - Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare a national public holiday for traditionalists in the country. Soyinka, who spoke on the occasion of his 89th birthday, said...

It is not his fault that he is the longest living Nobel laureate in Literature in the world today. The first African bestowed with the most prestigious prize in Literature in 1986, some of his fellow recipients in the...