…we easily recall it as the unregistered but loudly canvassed IPP – the Interim Peoples Party, usually to be found in bed with the military. The notorious Datti interview, menacing, …
Wole Soyinka
B’ọ́mọdé bá n ṣawo ògbójú, bí ó bá ko ògbó awo lọ́nà, kíó ó gbá a l’ójú. Bí ó bá ko àgbà ìṣègùn, kí ó jẹ ẹ́ n’íyà lọ́pọ̀lọpọ̀. Bí …
‘Those who persist in taking offence to bed and serving it up as breakfast should exercise their right of boycotting Davido’s products – no one quarrels with that right. However, …
‘…it is conduct like this that has bred Boko Haram, ISIS, ISWAP and other religious malformations that currently plague this nation, spreading grief and outrage across a once peaceful landscape, …
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A VISITATION, and the ALLURE of “RECONCILIATION” – Soyinka
by Wole Soyinkaby Wole Soyinka‘I know the entity known as Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party. I can relate to him. I know and can relate to the Labour Party on whose …
‘Let us remind ourselves of the following: in any adjudication, society finds it unacceptable that a party to the dispute resort to influencing tactics by extra-judicial means – such as …
IT would appear that a record discharge of toxic sludge from our notorious smut factory is currently clogging the streets and sewers of the Republic of Liars. It goes to …
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Media responsibility in a season of civic uncertainties
by Wole Soyinkaby Wole Soyinka‘I am not a member of the Labour Party, so how can giving ‘instructions’ become my role? Like a number of others, I have admittedly contributed to the making of …
‘This is over-reaction in the sententious mode, a dangerous, extra-curricular response. The charges against this author do not involve plagiarism or other literary offence, nor any crime against humanity. Would …
‘Like any other civic group, the Pyrates Confraternity is entitled to its freedom of expression, individually or collectively. So also, is Wole Soyinka in his own person. I do not …