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BRT RAMPAGE: Army states own side of story, flays Soyinka ; “In less than a week, he has made two careless offensive statements”

July 9, 2014 by Delia Innoma 2 Comments

The Army authorities, yesterday, in Lagos, said the Lance Corporal who was knocked down and killed by a BRT bus along Ikorodu Road last Friday, was not riding motorbike on the BRT lane as widely reported. Rather, the deceased, according to the Army, was crushed to death on the normal lane plied by other motorists, […]

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Jonathan Has Case To Answer On Ekiti Elections – Soyinka

June 23, 2014 by Delia Innoma 9 Comments

The 2014 Governorship Elections in Ekiti State may have come and gone, but Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, wants President Goodluck Jonathan to tell Nigerians who authorised the military to prevent some governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from attending the final governorship election campaign in Ekiti State. Soyinka made this statement while briefing […]

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Wole Soyinka’s second daughter, Iyetade dies at 48

December 30, 2013 by Don Saint 1 Comment

Iyetade Soyinka, a daughter of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. Ms. Soyinka, who was born June 6, 1965, died at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital where she was being treated for an undisclosed ailment. The death was disclosed in a statement signed by Jahman Anikulapo, an aide to Mr. Soyinka, one of the […]

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