Wole Soyinka is defending himself on false reports. In an interview with Sahara Reporters, Wole Soyinka who says he has occasionally been compelled to chastise First...
Go Nigeria! Nigerian author and self proclaimed feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and writer, poet and playwright Wole Soyinka have been named two of Africa’s Greatest Innovators...
One of Nigeria’s most respected authors Professor Wole Soyinka will be 80 on Sunday 13th July 2014. The Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA) has declared 2014...
In the aftermath of the latest spate of Boko Haram attacks, various prominent Nigerians have expressed their viewpoints on the state of rising insecurity in the...
Reuben Abati, the spokesperson for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, is defending the Presidency’s decision for centenary award given to Late Sani Abachi. At the award celebration...
Nobel Prize winning writer Wole Soyinka criticized the Jonathan government for bestowing late-Nigerian military dictator General Sani Abacha with a Nigeria Centenary award. General Abacha’s son...
Sadiq Abacha, the son of former President of Nigeria Sani Abacha has supposedly written an open letter to Wole Soyinka. The letter was posted on the...
The sheer weight of indignation and revulsion of most of Nigerian humanity at the recent Boko Haram atrocity in Yobe is most likely to have overwhelmed...
Nigerian literary icon Chinua Achebe was recently celebrated at the Freedom Park, Lagos on Thursday 18th July 2013 at an event tagged A Toast to an...
The Central Working Committee for The Future Awards 2013 has formally announced the judges for this years edition and the judges for the Young Person of the...
Yesterday, we were shocked to hear about the death of Nigeria’s literary icon, Chinua Achebe. The renowned novelist, poet, and author of the classic novel, ‘Things...
Oluremi Obasanjo’s ‘Bittersweet: My Life with Obasanjo’ is one of the essential African books. Not in the same breath as literary masterpieces like Achebe’s ‘Things Fall...
In January 2012, Nigerians went all out to protest the removal of fuel subsidy and generally bad leadership. It was an impressive to see many...
Hello Everyone! It’s great to have you here on BellaNaija this lovely evening. We are so glad you visited the Straight From The Headlines slot where...
“History shall be kind to me for I intend to write it” –Winston Churchill I interned at a publishing company in Lagos and during this period, I...
This past weekend, on Sunday, 15th July, 2012, the Bank of Industry, Nigeria sponsored a massive opening event “New World Nigeria Showcase” at the G-Live Centre...
Early this year, when the President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan announced a removal of the fuel subsidy, increasing the price from N65 to N141 per litre,...
On Friday 24 June 2011, leading consumer electronics giant, LG Electronics officially introduced its new Cinema 3D TV, a big departure from the past into the...
Obafemi Awolowo. Wole Soyinka. Gani Fawehinmi. Ken Saro-Wiwa. Wana Udobang. Is there an odd name on the list? Yes? No? We’ll see about that. When change...
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