Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Monday, noted that the visit of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, was not for “reconciliation” but an apology visit for the misconduct of his (Peter Obi’s) followers. Soyinka in a statement ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has visited Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka amid controversy between the latter and the Obidients. Obidents, a dubbed description for the supporters of Peter Obi, had dragged Playwright Soyinka over his comment condemning the ...

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has faulted Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka for describing Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed’s comment on the general elections as fascist. According to Chimamanda, she has a lot of respect for Soyinka, but strongly ...

By Dickson Omobola Following Professor Wole Soyinka’s proposal to have a debate with the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, over his “fascist” comments on television, the Obi-Datti Movement, yesterday, took up the challenge, saying Datti Baba-Ahmed and Obidients would square ...

By  Gbenga Adeniji Playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described Obidients as one of the most repulsive, off-putting concoctions he ever encountered in any political arena. Obidients is a term describing supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who contested the ...

By  Segun Adewole Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has been dragged on social media after expressing displeasure at a statement made by the vice-presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed, whose ticket with his principal, Peter Obi, emerged third in the ...