President Bola Tinubu on Thursday announced national honours for dozens of Nigerians as part of events marking Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Among the notable honorees he announced during his State of the Nation address at the National Assembly on Thursday were the late Kudirat Abiola, who received a Commander of the Federal Republic title, and Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, who …

Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who is the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday. A distress message sent to  newsmen by one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom. …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, said Nigeria needs to be decentralised for Nigerians to enjoy the country more. Soyinka made the case for decentralisation on Thursday at the PUNCH Newspapers’ 50th-anniversary lecture held at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos. The lecture, which was delivered by the Nobel laureate, is part of the weeklong activities …