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Wole Soyinka at 86
Nigeria’s wordsmith extraordinaire and master of quotable quotes, Professor Wole Soyinka (born Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka on July 13 1934), turned 86 last Monday. Coincidentally...
Soyinka at 86: Stakeholders push for accurate, relevant data
The usefulness of data for effective policymaking, meaningful resource allocation and efficient public service delivery was the highlight of the 12th Wole Soyinka Centre...
For Soyinka at 86, and a scoop denied
Just off Ozumba Mbadiwe Street in Victoria Island, immediately behind a cluster of residential apartments popularly known as 1004 flats, and directly opposite a...
Farooq Kperogi: The Man Behind the ‘Angry Keyboard’
Farooq Adamu Kperogi, 47, Associate Professor of Communication at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA, is a non-apologetic critic of the Buhari government – as...
“I was disappointed by [Wole Soyinka’s] uncharacteristic silence between 2015 and 2019” – Farooq Kperogi
In this interview with The News Chronicle’s Jideofor Adibe, Farooq Kperogi, University Professor, newspaper columnist, political gadfly and encyclopaedic wordsmith, explains why he has...
