At last "the Man has Died" in Soyinka? Shaka Momodu queries

Nigeria's Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka visits Muhammadu Buhari in Aso Rock on August 11, 2016 | State House Photo

“Nobel laureate, my intellectual hero, a national treasure and a literary icon, Professor Wole Soyinka, who is the focus of this article,” Shaka Momodu writes on the Nigerian economic situation.

The constant stream of bad news on the state of the economy, nay the state of the nation leaves one feeling down in the dumps. And there is no one else to blame other than ourselves. I am not proud to say: some of us saw it coming. We shouted ourselves hoarse warning the electorate to shine their eyes and that a trap had been set for them but unfortunately, they walked straight into it. The All Progressives Congress (APC), made specific and out-of-this-world promises, misleading the people about their real plans.

I hope Soyinka took the opportunity to tell Buhari how deep a mess Nigeria is in - Okey Ndibe

I wish I knew the exact words Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, spoke to President Muhammadu Buhari when they met privately last week. My hunch, however, is that the writer looked the president straight in the eye and described for him the near-unprecedented scale of Nigeria’s crises.