Nobel Laureate

(FILES) In this file handout photo taken on May 24, 2021 and released by Myanmar’s Ministry of Information on May 26 shows detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and detained president Win Myint (C) during their first court appearance in Naypyidaw, since the military detained them in a coup on February 1. – A Myanmar junta court jailed ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on August 15, 2022, according to a source close to the case. (Photo by Handout / MYANMAR MINISTRY OF INFORMATION / AFP) /

Myanmar junta court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption

August 15, 2022

On the Commonwealth Games 2022

August 9, 2022

Professor Wole Soyinka has added his voice to the outcome of the Osun Governorship election, won by Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

2023: Wole Soyinka faults video of NAS members mocking Bola Tinubu

August 8, 2022

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s footprints will be indelible on the sands of time.

Muhammadu Buhari pledges support as Nigeria hosts major cultural, tourism, literacy events

August 7, 2022

Nobelist, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said every Nigerian should take responsibility for allowing impunity thrive in the country.

2023: Wole Soyinka reacts to outcry against Muslim-Muslim ticket

August 3, 2022

The World Health Organisation, WHO’s Science Council of experts, has called for equitable expansion of genomics for global health, arguing that, it is not justifiable ethically or scientifically for less-resourced countries to gain access to such technologies long after rich countries do.

WHO Council calls for equitable expansion of genomics

July 12, 2022

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a junta spokesman said on Thursday.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to solitary confinement in prison

June 23, 2022

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)’s President, Prof. Benedict Oramah, said this at the on-going Afreximbank Annual Meeting (AAM 2019) in Moscow on Thursday.

Benedict Oramah: Afreximbank mobilises $35 billion for African development

June 15, 2022

Professor Femi Soyinka, the renowned researcher and former Provost of the College of Health Sciences of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has died at 85.

Wole Soyinka’s brother Femi passes on at 85

June 15, 2022

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had earlier directed that all flags in the state be flown at half-mast for seven days in honour of the victims of the terror attack.

Owo massacre: Ondo cancels June 12 Democracy Day celebration

June 11, 2022

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described last Sunday’s massacre of worshippers in Owo, Ondo state as a message to the people and the response of the people would be that they were not slaves.

Wole Soyinka: Owo terror attack a message to us

June 11, 2022

Nobelist, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said every Nigerian should take responsibility for allowing impunity thrive in the country.

Wole Soyinka demands sack of National Mosque chief imam over comment on blasphemy

May 22, 2022

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 5, 2015, Myanmar’s opposition leader and head of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the stage after addressing a press conference from her residential compund in Yangon. – Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the resumption of her coronavirus-delayed trial in a junta court due to car sickness, her lawyer said on September 13, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP)

Myanmar junta court rejects Aung San Suu Kyi corruption appeal

May 4, 2022

Fresh facts emerged on why Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, visited Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, in Cotonou, Benin Republic.

‘Why Wole Soyinka visited Sunday Igboho’

May 3, 2022

Nobelist, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said every Nigerian should take responsibility for allowing impunity thrive in the country.

Wole Soyinka visits Sunday Igboho in Benin Republic

May 1, 2022