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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the prestigious national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka.
The announcement was made during the president’s Democracy Day address to a joint session of the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja.
Professor Soyinka is a renowned playwright, poet, and human rights advocate.
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The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.