LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The OBIdients and the party’s vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed, according to a support organization in the Labour Party (LP) operating under the name The Obi-Datti Movement, are prepared for the TV debate challenge issued by Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. As previously reported by TRIBUNE ONLINE, the eminent dramatist recently challenged…
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Why has Soyinka ignored INEC and Yakubu to focus on Datti Ahmed, who reacted to Mahoomd’s bizarre handling of the presidential elections and suspiciously hasty collation of results? Wole Soyinka is my idol. Besides his illuminating literary works, he has been the embodiment of hope through the dark ages of oppressive and crassly…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to stop the blame game and urgently salvage the nation from becoming a failed state. In a letter to the government yesterday, titled, ‘The Endless Martyrdom of Youth,’ he stressed the need to “stop improvising with human Lives. Youth –…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Opinion leaders, activists, members of the civil society organisations (CSO), top government functionaries and others will gather in Lagos on Friday to pay homage to the late business mogul, Bashorun MKO Abiola. The event which will be hosted by the June 12 Pro Democracy Movement of Nigeria is in commemoration of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed the nature of treatment he received to beat prostate cancer. Soyinka told BBC Life Clinic’s Charles Mgbolu at his Ogun State home in an interview published on Tuesday that he was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in 2014 when he went for a routine medical…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has condemned the arrest of activist Omoyele Sowore. Mr Sowore, a presidential candidate in the last election, was arrested on Saturday for calling for a revolution against poor governance. “Beyond the word ‘revolution, another much mis-used and misunderstood word, nothing that Sowore has uttered, written, or advocated…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Wole Soyinka has lent his voice to the controversy surrounding the RUGA Cattle Settlements saying it could set the country on fire if the federal government did not handle it with caution. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United Nations’ Solutions 17 SDG programme, Soyinka berated the federal…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been an overwhelming debate as to what transpired between Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and a ‘young man’ that asked for his seat before a flight. Media Mogul, Mo Abudu, shared a mail from Professor Wole Soyinka on her Instagram page, where the Nobel Laureate gave a short explanation on…