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Nobel Laureate Warns African Dictators ofNobel Laureate Warns African Dictators of Possible 'African Spring'Voice of America02 February 2012 Nobel Laureate Warns African Dictators of Possible 'African Spring' Celebrated Nigerian playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka says such leaders as Mr. Mugabe and Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal should relinquish power, arguing they are beyond ...and more »Posted on 2 February 2012 | 9:41 pm
"Sit-tight" rulers risk AfricanIndependent Online"Sit-tight" rulers risk African Spring: Nobel Laureate SoyinkaReuters... (Reuters) - Aging African presidents who try to cling to power by manipulating constitutions and judiciaries risk the same popular rebellions that toppled rulers in last year's Arab Spring, Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said Wednesday.Achebe, Soyinka, others call for end to violence against journalistsVanguardall 20 news articles »
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 6:28 pm
Lawmaker Tackles Soyinka On Part-timeLeadership NewspapersLawmaker Tackles Soyinka On Part-time LegislatureLeadership NewspapersWole Soyinka that Nigerian legislators should operate on part time basis to save costs. Speaking exclusively to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND on the issue, Prof Udoka, who represents Ini/Ikono Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State on the PDP platform, ...
Posted on 28 January 2012 | 2:03 pm
Nigerian authors look West to gain theirNigerian authors look West to gain their fameSan Francisco ChronicleThese vivid descriptions come from Nigeria's new generation of authors, whose novels and short stories are gaining the international acclaim once reserved for postcolonial literary heavyweights such as Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe who earned the West ...and more »
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 1:13 pm
Nigerian laureate Wole Soyinka lashes out -BBC NewsNigerian laureate Wole Soyinka lashes outBBC NewsOn a steamy morning in Lagos this week, I went to see Nigeria's Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka - a man who manages to be simultaneously irascible and avuncular - to get his perspective. "I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago," ...Nigeria is already disintegrating – SoyinkaVanguardNational Conference a must, says SoyinkaThe Nation NewspaperFuel Subsidy: Citizens' Revolt Looms – SoyinkaLeadership NewspapersP.M. News -Think Africa Press -THISDAY Liveall 1,794 news articles »
Posted on 25 January 2012 | 7:15 pm
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Targets Me for[Vanguard] Lagos - Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the hit list of Boko Haram sect marked for assassination.Posted on 7 February 2012 | 1:56 pm
Nigeria: Boko Haram Plans to Kill Me, Says[Leadership] Following a threat by the Boko Haram sect that Professor Wole Soyinka would be their next target for attack, the Nobel laureate has raised the alarm, urging security agencies to take action immediately or risk possible disintegration of the country should the sect carry out its threats.
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 5:41 am
"Sit-tight" rulers risk AfricanJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ageing African presidents who try to cling to power by manipulating constitutions and judiciaries risk the same popular rebellions that toppled rulers in last year's Arab Spring, Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said on Wednesday. Citing as examples Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who are both well in their eighties ...
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 6:12 am
"Sit-tight" rulers risk AfricanJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Aging African presidents who try to cling to power by manipulating constitutions and judiciaries risk the same popular rebellions that toppled rulers in last year's Arab Spring, Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said Wednesday. Citing as examples Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who are both well in their eighties, Soyinka ...
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 6:24 pm
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Posted on 25 January 2012 | 7:38 pm
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FG to Upgrade 10 Cancer Centres - THISDAYSpeaking earlier, the guest lecturer and nobel leaurate, Professor Wole Soyinka, recalled that cancer would enter into the body and attack an organ from which it would go into other organs such as the liver, the breast and lungs, and from there spread to ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:03 am
FG to construct 10 cancer centres this yearMeanwile, Nobel laureate winner, Prof Wole Soyinka, has blamed past leaders in the country for the high rate of cancer in Nigeria. Minister for Health, Prof. Oyebuchi Chukwu, who gave the hint at the first annual lecture organised by the African Cancer ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 11:18 pm
Soyinka On Boko Haram's Hit List Featured -Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the list of Boko Haram sect marked for assassination. In a down-to-earth interview with TheNEWS magazine which is circulated within outside Nigeria this week ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 8:13 pm
NIGERIAN ISLAMISTS THREATEN NOBEL PRIZE(AGI) Abuja - Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists are targeting the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature, Wole Soyinka. One of Nigeria's most famous citizens, he has recently come out very strongly against the group: "You can simply go ahead, blow us up if you think ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 12:42 pm
Nigeria: Boko Haram Plans to Kill Me -Following a threat by the Boko Haram sect that Professor Wole Soyinka would be their next target for attack, the Nobel laureate has raised the alarm, urging security agencies to take action immediately or risk possible disintegration of the country should ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 7:49 am
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Nigeria: Nobel laureate launches politicalNobel laureate Wole Soyinka launched a newly formed Nigerian political party Saturday, using the power of rhetoric to challenge apathetic voters in the oil-rich nation to overcome a government he called cynical and brutal.Posted on 25 September 2010 | 11:54 am
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RT @naija102news: OODUA LIBERATION MOVEMENTRT @naija102news: OODUA LIBERATION MOVEMENT SAY NA BIG GBEGEE E GO BI 4NAIJA IF DOS BOKO HARAM JAGUDA GROUP ATTACK PROF WOLE SOYINKA AS DEM TOK SAY DEM WON DOPosted on 9 February 2012 | 2:46 am
RT @naija102news: OODUA LIBERATION MOVEMENTRT @naija102news: OODUA LIBERATION MOVEMENT SAY NA BIG GBEGEE E GO BI 4NAIJA IF DOS BOKO HARAM JAGUDA GROUP ATTACK PROF WOLE SOYINKA AS DEM TOK SAY DEM WON DO
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:35 am
RT @UniRadio997FM: Tom Waits, el Piporro,RT @UniRadio997FM: Tom Waits, el Piporro, Dickens, Bob Dylan, Goethe, Iggy Pop y Wole Soyinka. Hoy, por @UniRadio997FM Chacota cultural sin catequesis!
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 2:31 am
RT @UniRadio997FM: Tom Waits, el Piporro,RT @UniRadio997FM: Tom Waits, el Piporro, Dickens, Bob Dylan, Goethe, Iggy Pop y Wole Soyinka. Hoy, por @UniRadio997FM Chacota cultural sin catequesis!
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:49 am
RT @hanneymusawa: Sam Nda-Isaiah's columnRT @hanneymusawa: Sam Nda-Isaiah's column dis week is a must read. As always very concise. @wole_soyinka Is Dead Wrong http://t.co/43I5K759 via @LeadershipNGA
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:48 am
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Atiku's Political Adviser Escalates HisAtiku's Political Adviser Escalates His Attack on Wole Soyinka, Insists Soyinka “Speaks Like an Illiterate”. After accusing the world renowned Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka of speaking “like an illiterate” Atiku's former Political Adviser ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:46 am
NAIJA GOSSIP: SSS Advises WoleIf you can recall,Wole Soyinka,a Nigerian Nobel laureate, writer, poet, and playwright revealed that his name is on the hit list of bomb throwers, Boko Haram.After revealing this to the SSS,they(SSS) are actually taking the ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 2:55 pm
SSS Advises Wole Soyinka to ShaveNigerian Nobel laureate, writer, poet, and playwright, Wole Soyinka, after he revealed that his name is on the hit list of bomb...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 10:43 am
Wole Soyinka on Boko Haram's hitWole Soyinka has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the list of Boko Haram sect marked for assassination. In a down-to-earth interview with TheNEWS magazine which is circulated within outside Nigeria ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 9:48 am
Obehi Okoawo's Blog (PennyGateWell its no longer news that Nigeria's Nobel Laurent, Professor Wole Soyinka is top on the hit list of Boko Haram, the news now is that the Nigerian security services (SSS) have thus far made no tangible efforts to protect him ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 9:41 pm
