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I had not swallowed an alarm clock to assess Tinubu’s govt -Soyinka

By The Insight Team March 24, 2025 395

By Clement Adeyi, Abuja Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has told Nigerians not to persuade him to assess President Bola Tinubu’s government after one year in office which elapsed on May 29 last year. He noted that he would do so only when he had anything to say about the administration. He insisted that he […]Continue Reading

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A pilgrimage to Soyinka’s home in Ijesha forest

By The Insight Team December 5, 2024 1154

By Theophilus Abbah The two coaster buses that conveyed our team from the charming and luxurious Conference Hotel in Abeokuta sailed and scaled across an overhead bridge, snaked through the noisy Itoku market in Kuto area, famous for merchandize in Yoruba traditional adire. The buses sped up the hill on the dark, glossy, smoothly tarred […]Continue Reading

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The Man In Wole Soyinka Has Not Died

By The Insight Team August 1, 2024 582

Key Points: He is Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in any field Soyinka is many things rolled into one Wole Soyinka has taught a whole generation of literary giants I read English for three years before switching over to Law Wole Soyinka wrote 52 books in 64 years BY PROF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR Till […]Continue Reading

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Stakeholders task media on fight against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence through data-driven reporting

By The Insight Team September 23, 2022 522

By Daniel Adaji Stakeholders at the public presentation of the media justice status report on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria titled ‘Missing data, missing justice’ held virtually by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Wednesday 21 September 2022 have urged the media to lead the fight against SGBV in the country through Continue Reading

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Omole’s ground-breaking approach to literary linguistics

By The Insight Team August 11, 2020 875 Post a comment

BOOK REVIEW   Title:                            LINGUISTIC CRITICISM OF THE AFRICAN NOVEL Author:                        Kayode Omole Publisher:                    Bloom Media Network Ltd, Abuja, Nigeria Year of Publication:     2019 Number of Pages:       161 Reviewer:                    Prof Gbenga Ibileye   DISINTERING THE STYLISTICIAN’S PERSONA FROM HIS Continue Reading