Soyinka
24 Nov
The organisers of the Pink Awards have honoured Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for literary excellence and social impact. Princess Veronica Okei, the initiator of the awards, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Pink Awards aims to celebrate…
4 Aug
I set my alarm clock for this morning to ensure that I did not miss President Bola Tinubu’s impatiently awaited address to the nation on the current unrest across the nation. His outline of government’s remedial action since inception, aimed at warding off just such an outbreak, will undoubtedly receive expert and sustained attention both…
1 Jun
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said he might consider reapplying for his American Green Card, which he had destroyed in protest against Donald Trump’s election as American president. This declaration came after Trump was convicted on Thursday in New York on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. Soyinka had publicly demonstrated his disapproval…
25 May
Irked by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari's failure to address several pressing economic and security issues dragging the nation backwards when he was in power, renowned Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has described the former President as a monumental disaster. In an exclusive interview with Noble Nigeria, Soyinka hinged his submission on Buhari's draconian economic policies, which, according…
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The acting Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Chris Najomo, has revealed that domestic airlines cancelled 190 flights and delayed 5,225 flights between September and October. Within that time frame, a total of 10,804 flights were operated. Of the 5,291 domestic flights operated in September, 2,434 delays and 79 cancellations were recorded. In…
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The Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has raised concerns over the continued retention of state assets in the hands of former political office holders. Ajulo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, in a statement on Friday in Akure, said “one year after the untimely passing of former Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, a…
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Union Berlin have sacked head coach Bo Svensson after only six months at the helm, the Bundesliga club announced on Friday. The 45-year-old Dane took over in July after Union narrowly avoided relegation last season. But he was fired with the club sitting 12th in the German top flight, seven points clear of the relegation…
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The Nigerian Armed Forces has said that the death of 10 innocent civilians in the Sokoto air raid of the Lakurawa terrorist stronghold was a needless tragedy. Defence Media Operations spokesman, Major General Edward Buba, said this in a statement today, two days after the tragedy. He noted that the Armed Forces of Nigeria has…
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Air Peace has described as false and malicious, a report circulating social media of a purported plane crash involving one of its aircraft in the Western Sahara region. This is contained in a statement signed by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Dr Ejike Ndiulo, on Friday in Lagos. According to the statement, the allegation…
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Under-fire Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou on Friday insisted he was joking when he said being a Premier League manager was harder than being Prime Minister. The 59-year-old Australian told reporters earlier this month that coaches face "an election every weekend and either get voted in or out", whereas a UK Prime Minister usually faces an…
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A cattle dealer, Yusuf Oladunni, has prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ibadan, to end his 11-year-old marital union with Rukayat, alleging she frequently destroys his appliances in rage. Oladunni, a resident of Ayetoro-Muslim area, Ibadan, told the court on Friday that although she had left his home for about a year now, she…