Nigeria: Internet Revolution Can ruin Scholarship, Says Soyinka

Foremost Nigerian writer and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka warned yesterday in Awka that if reasonable steps were not taken, the modern internet revolution could wreck scholarship.

Delivering the 3rd Zik annual lecture at Nnamdi Azikiwe university, Soyinka said the heavy reliance on internet for educational activities would quickly witness the give up of books as instrument for mind improvement and potential building.

Wole Soyinka