Soyinka in a sentence

Nothing that Sowore has done suggests a violent overthrow of Government – Soyinka (Yesterday) - Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka said on Sunday that nothing which the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said or.

Soyinka's mother, Grace Eniola Soyinka (whom he dubbed the "Wild Christian"), owned a shop in the nearby market.

Baba-Ahmed, whose ticket with Peter Obi emerged third in the February 25 presidential election, had spoken about the Supreme Court in a manner described by Soyinka as “fascistic language”.

Face what Wole Soyinka has to say and stop seeking refuge, when you’re losing the argument.

For Soyinka, President Muhammadu Buhari allowed Emefiele to let Nigerians suffer.

I have had the privilege of hearing Wole Soyinka at one event, challenging, strong.

L-R: Mr Kunle Ajibade; former Information Commissioner in Edo State, Louis Odion; Prof. Wole Soyinka; Rakiya Yagboyaju; acting Nigeria’s Ambassador to Morocco, Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, and Ahmed Shuaibu-Gara Gombe, at the book fair.

Luckily, we are supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism of the Macarthur Foundation”.

Reacting to an interview granted by Soyinka, who described Obi's supporters - Obidients - as fascists, Adichie said the word used by the professor was strong, especially for people genuinely seeking things to be done constitutionally.

Soyinka was declared missing about a week ago and the incident was reported at the Obantoko Police Station, Abeokuta.

Soyinka, who has always expressed his reservation and angst against those who ascribe false stories to him, said he was ready to give anyone who reveals the source of any fake news attributed to him.

There is no doubt that Soyinka is a man of strong convictions, but so am I”.

While condemning the N5 million fine slammed on Channels TV over the interview, Soyinka in a statement titled, “Fascism on course”, on Friday, condemned the sanction.

Appiah and Soyinka became his close friends.

At 90 and four days, Wole Soyinka now falls in the category of Nobel Laureates who lived beyond the age of 90 viz George Bernard Shaw, Sir Winston Churchill, Nadine Gordimer, Bertrand Russel, Knut Hamsun, and Naguib Mafouz.

Even the arrest and release of the former BBC Pidgin Editor and current West Africa Regional Editor of the Conversation, Adejuwon Soyinka, clearly shows a pattern, whose objective is to intimidate journalists for speaking the truth to this government.

For persons who are looking at Prof Wole Soyinka and saying, ‘I want to get here someday and be celebrated the way he’s celebrated.

He is not like the figures they are used to: Nurudeen Farah, Ngugi Wa Thing’o, and Wole Soyinka.

Here is the story of what Soyinka (who is not only to be referred to as Alagba, but also as Baba, not just by his biological children but so many of us) means to me.

He said, ”Let me say that the recommendation to name this Arterial Road N20 after Wole Soyinka is well received.