Prof. Wole Soyinka Archives - Voice of Liberty NG

“You should’ve sent Seyi’s ‘excessive’ security escort to Benin”, Soyinka tells Tinubu

December 11, 2025December 11, 2025 Aminu Imam

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the composition of his son, Seyi Tinubu’s security details, saying the President should have deployed the security team to quell the coup attempt in Benin Republic instead of troops. He said this on Tuesday during an award ceremony held at one of the centres named after him, where he recounted a recent encounter that informed his position. Soyinka argued that the President did not need to engage the Air Force or military for intervention in the Benin Republic…

Trump’s govt. bans Wole Soyinka from entering US

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025 Aminu Imam

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed that his American visa has been revoked by the United States government. Soyinka disclosed this during a media parley in Lagos yesterday, saying he received the revocation letter from the US Consulate on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Reading the letter aloud at the event, themed: “Unending Saga: Idi Amin In Whiteface!”, held at the Freedom Park, Lagos, Soyinka suggested that the decision appeared to be linked to his long-standing criticism of the policies of US President, Donald Trump. The letter from the US…

“Tinubu�s speech failed to address police brutality against hunger protesters”� – Soyinka

August 5, 2024August 5, 2024 Aminu Imam

Nigeria�s Nobel Laurette, Wole Soyinka, has condemned Tinubu over his failure to address the spate of Police brutality on #EndBadGovernance protesters. Reacting in a statement to the President�s address to the nation earlier today, Soyinka expressed concern over Police�s poor protest management which Tinubu failed to address in his speech. Recounting how he had anticipated for the President�s speech, Soyinka decried how live bullets and tear gas are deployed against protesters- a situation he described as questionable. According to him, “The continuing deterioration of the state�s seizure of protest management,…

Tinubu renames National Theatre Lagos after Wole Soyinka

July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, renamed National Theatre, Lagos, as ‘Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts’, ahead of his 90th birthday on July 13. In a statement issued yesterday, Tinubu said, �I am pleased to join admirers around the world in celebrating the 90th birthday of Nigeria�s iconic son and the world-renowned Professor Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde, famously known as Wole Soyinka�. �Tomorrow, (today) the 13th July, will be the climax of the series of local and international activities held in his honour. To underscore the global relevance of…

“?Obi unfit to lead Nigeria” – Soyinka

May 25, 2024May 25, 2024 Aminu Imam

…Says “Obidients can�t stop me from telling truth“ Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is unfit to lead the country. This, he said, had become evident with the conduct of his supporters, popularly known as �Obidients�, during electioneering of the 2023 general elections. He said that Obi�s failure to reign on his supporters attacking others with opposing views online was a pointer that he is unfit to lead a country like Nigeria. The literary icon also accused Obi, who…

Restructuring: Soyinka calls for decentralisation in Nigeria

March 2, 2024March 2, 2024 Aminu Imam

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has called for decentralisation in Nigeria, saying leaders should stop taking the country for a ride. ?The Professor, who made the call on Thursday, during the 50th-anniversary lecture of Punch Nigeria Limited in Lagos, Delivering the lecture titled: �Recovering the Narrative�, said Nigeria requires decentralisation to enhance the well-being of its citizens. Soyinka advocated decentralisation as a means to bring governance closer to the people. He said politicians understand the significance of restructuring but change their stance once in power. The Professor addressed concerns about the…

�Technology creating a new generation of Nigerian illiterates� – Soyinka

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 Aminu Imam

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that the introduction of technology is creating a new�generation of illiterates. The literary icon stated this out at the CANEX Live Theatre closing ceremony of the 3rd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) 2023, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday. Soyinka said: �I want us to understand that, on the other hand, there�s a new culture taking place, about which we have to be very careful; I call it the Internet culture. �This is a marvelous technology; this is a liberating technology. The so-called Arab Spring,…

2023: ‘Soyinka breaks silence on Muslim-Muslim ticket

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Aminu Imam

Nigeria�s Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has finally broken the silence over the Muslim-Muslim ticket fielded by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Recall that the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is a Muslim from the South-West, announced fellow Muslim from the North-East, Sen. Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the forthcoming general elections. The move sparked criticism from some eminent Nigerians, who described it as an �injustice� to the Christian fold. Prof. Soyinka, who spoke on a…

Osun Election: “Those who catapulted Ige’s destroyers to prominence justly served” – Soyinka

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Aminu Imam

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, said those who conspired to catapult the Late Chief Bola Ige�s destroyers to unmerited national prominence have been justly served by the outcome of the Osun State governorship election. Recall that Ademola Adeleke, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defeated the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to emerge the winner of the State’s governorship election, which was held on Saturday. Reacting to the ruling party�s loss in an issued statement yesterday, Soyinka said the voice of Ajibola Ige, slain Minister of Justice, resounded from beyond…

‘Insurgency will soon spread to other parts of Nigeria’, Soyinka warns FG

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Aminu Imam

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has warned that the current spate of insurgency enveloping Northern Nigeria would soon spread to other parts of the country if the Federal Government doesn�t act decisively and employ �lateral thinking and new constructs outside orthodox boxes of military engagement�. The Nobel laureate gave the warning in an address at the launching of the memorial publication on the Late General Ibrahim Attahiru, which was held at Ladi Kwali Hall, Abuja, on Saturday. He noted that the current spate of insurgency challenging the country spreads at…