Nigerian Times

Adeleke Adeyemi, aka Mai Nasara, the winner of the coveted $100, 000 Nigeria Prize for Literature . When We Found The Missing Clock That Won $100, 000 Before 10 am on Monday February 6, 2012, both the young and old, lowly and mighty and from all spheres of life thronged the main hall of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Victoria Island led by the Lion of African literature Professor Wole Soyinka , the first African Nobel laureate in literature and other noble men and women of the Nigerian intelligentsia. The bright-eyed pupils from the invited schools were awed by the distinguished personalities who came to celebrate the young man who found The Missing Clock of these interesting times, Adeleke Olufemi Adeyemi, aka Mai Nasara , the proud winner of the 2011 Nigeria Prize for Literature with a cash prize of $100,000 (one hundred thousand dollars), solely sponsored by the Nigeria LNG limited. The hall was packed and there were not enough seats for the large audien...

The PM news of Nigeria has reported that Nobel Literature Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has raised alarm over some political statements being circulated in his name. He has refuted the false messages being used for political campaigns. ADVERT:

Prof. Wole Soyinka The following is the final verdict of Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka on the ruling People’s Democratic Party of Nigeria on the coming April elections. Only 4 sets of people can vote for the PDP: (1) those who are intellectually blind. (2) those who are blinded by ethnicity (3) those who are blinded by corruption and therefore afraid of the unknown, should power change hands; and finally (4) those who are suffering from a combination of the above terminal sicknesses"

"Democracy can neither be attained nor sustained in a state of political illegitimacy." ~ Orikinla Osinachi Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been removed to scuttle the investigation of former president Olusegun Obasanjo's daughter, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, over the alleged N3.5 billion contract scam involving an Austrian firm, M. Schneider GMBH, and the ongoing prosecution of other criminal suspects who were sponsors of the presidential campaign of Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua and were also the employers of the political thugs and other criminals who rigged the last April polls in Nigeria. The cookie is crumbling. Prof. Wole Soyinka's commentary on the sudden removal of Nuhu Ribadu is a must read.