By Festus Adedayo In 2018 when news sieved in that that constellation of emeriti, Prof Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, had crept into Akure, Ondo State, our association, Ooye Development Initiative, (ODI) bated him like mousetrap does mice. Was Akure big enough to contain that hippopotamus-statured literary giant? I wondered. I, perhaps, was the most excited of […]
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Why I wrote Just Before Dawn, why South Africans call me Yebo Gogo Man and why Nelson Mandela said I was more popular than him – Kole Omotoso In this interview with Festus Adedayo, held in his Oda Road forest-like home in Akure, with no electricity and no neighbour, Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, writer and professor, […]
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“We are mourning the loss of our father, husband, and grandfather, Prof. Bankole ‘Kole’ Omotoso, who passed away after a long period of illness in Johannesburg on July 19, 2023.” That was how the family of Kole, the late Professor of English and renowned writer, announced his death in a terse statement. “A born scholar, […]
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Music megastar David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has through his foundation David Adeleke Foundation (DAF) donated N237m to orphans across Nigeria. Davido revealed this in a statement accompanied by an image of the donation as well as appreciating those who have contributed immensely to the act, Davido wrote; “I’ve always wanted to use my […]
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Obi, Sanwo-Olu celebrate icon President of Centre for Change Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin has described Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka as a genius of poesy who “captivates us in its gripping hold, not once, not twice but lifelong.” Okei-Odumakin, who is also the President of Women Arise for Change Initiative, stated this in a birthday titled […]
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By Adedamola Adedayo It’s the 13th of July, 2023, as Soyinka takes another powerful leap. Name any major literary genre, you can be sure Soyinka has his imprints there. But his legacy is most amplified in the theatrical hemisphere, where he made a name for himself as Africa’s most acclaimed playwright and became the apple […]
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President Bola Tinubu has poured encomiums on the Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, a professor, on his 89th birthday, describing him as a veritable source of support, inspiration, and encouragement. The president, who called the literary giant a brother and comrade in the struggle for the restoration and entrenchment of democracy and […]
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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has offered a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, who emerged best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Soludo said the gesture followed the recent JAMB declaration of Umeh from Anambra State as the highest scorer with a cumulative mark of 360 in the examination. The governor […]
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A new biopic about the life of Bob Marley is set to be released in theaters on January 12, 2024. The film, titled “One Love,” is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, who also helmed the critically acclaimed film “King Richard.” The film stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley, with Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley. It focuses […]
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The actress is the embodiment of the marital vows ‘in sickness and in health’. Nollywood couple Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs, have been married since the year 1989. They are some of the A-list actors in Nigeria still playing influential roles in the country. Joke Silva has opened up once again about her journey of […]
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