Categories: Local News

Nigeria President Names Abuja Highway After Wole Soyinka

Voice Air Media, VAM News Update

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named the Northern Parkway road in Abuja after the renowned Nigerian literary icon, Wole Soyinka.

This move is part of the commissioning of various projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to mark the president’s one year in office.

Wole Soyinka, a celebrated playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist, made history in 1986 by becoming the first sub-Saharan African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

During the event, Tinubu expressed his admiration for the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, praising his exceptional performance. “Wike, they thought you wouldn’t deliver, but you have proven them wrong. You are my choice, and you have not disappointed me,” Tinubu said.

This accolade comes on the heels of President Tinubu’s commendation of Wike last week when he commissioned the Southern Parkway (S8/S9), renamed Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way in his honour. The president lauded Wike as a team leader and “Mr. Project,” acknowledging his dedication to completing legacy projects in the FCT.

VAM News

Recent Posts

Tinubu Announces 21 New Appointments

News Update President Bola Tinubu has approved twenty-one fresh appointments across the National Agricultural Development…

12 hours ago

APC Disqualifies 2 Former Deputy Governors, 5 Others From Osun Guber Race

News Update THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified the former deputy governor and one…

14 hours ago

Osun LG funds: S’Court delivers judgment

News Update THE Supreme Court on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Osun…

18 hours ago

NHS urged to drop case against nurse over calling transgender Paedophile ‘Mr’ remark

The UK  Conservative Party has urged the NHS to drop its disciplinary action against an NHS nurse who…

19 hours ago

House Of Assembly Speaker, 15 Lawmakers Resign From PDP

News Update Sixteen members of the Rivers state house of assembly have announced their defection…

19 hours ago

Troops rescue 10 abducted women, recover ₦1.6m

The Nigerian Army has rescued 10 women who were kidnapped from their farms in Sanga…

19 hours ago