Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka leveraged the recent public presentation of his third novel in Lagos to decry Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and predilection for religion. Yinka Olatunbosun reports Finally, the much-anticipated historic moment happened on Monday, December 7. A gathering of dignitaries – urshered in by a gaggle of traditional dancers and drummers – converged at the Terra Arena in Victoria Island, Lagos for the public presentation of Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka’s first novel in 48 years, titled Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth. The roll-call of that Monday evening gathering’s Who Is Who included the Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi, the Works Minister Babatunde Fashola (represented by the CEO, Temple Management Company, Idris Olorunnibe), the US Consulate’s Public Affairs Officer Stephen Ibelli, Professor Ebun Clark (the wife of the recently-deceased poet John Pepper Clark), the environmental activist Newton Jibunoh, the renowned actor Richard Mofe-Damijo, TheNEWS’s executive editor Kunle Ajibade and The Nation’s editorial board chairman Sam Omatseye, among others.