Tag: Festus Adedayo
Iyaloja-General At Oba Of Benin’s Palace By Festus Adedayo
The earliest example of personal rule gone awry in the world was given in the biblical account of Eli, the prophet. Personal rule has...
The Madman Sermon On Mapo Hill By Dr Festus Adedayo
Ibadan, Oyo State, the city of warriors, quaked last Friday. The rumbling vibrations of the historic coronation of Ex-Governor Rashidi Ladoja as Olubadan sent...
Siminalayi Fubara & The Witches By Dr Festus Adedayo
Three Nigerian “witches” just got beaten by a midnight downpour. They are, Siminalayi Fubara, Nyesom Wike and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ascending order.
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Jonathan’s Betrayal & Askaris In Nigerian Politics By Festus Adedayo
Poor Goodluck Ebele Jonathan! Last Thursday, at the 70th birthday of his ex-Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Aiyegbeni Oghiadomhe, in Benin, Edo State, the...
A ‘Corruption-Free’ Nigeria & Brazil As Hyena By Festus Adedayo
Growing up, people of my generation matured into a fiery imagery painted of the wild and the animal world. We were fed on such...
Is Èmil’ókàn Audacity Or Incantation Ritual? Asks Festus Adedayo
A few weeks ago, an outburst of then aspirant for Nigeria’s presidential office, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, marked its third anniversary. On June 2, 2022,...
KWAM 1, Eccentricity & Cult Of The Big Man By Festus...
At the risk of being labeled thanatophobic - a preoccupation with death or its anxiety - the grim reality is that, last Tuesday, Nigeria’s...
Ahmadu Bello Children’s Territorial Politics By Festus Adedayo
There was territorial tension in Nigeria last week. Like in the famous fable where animals gathered in the forest to delineate their individual boundaries,...
Oyinlola’s Crocodile & Fayose’s Carcass By Dr Festus Adedayo
Praise and dispraise are two usages for which the tongue of a Nigerian politician can be put. This is a common perception among politicians...
Awujale’s Burial & Aso Rock’s Graveyard Politics By Festus Adedayo
“Why should I bother myself with what is done to my body when I die? Oyomesi (the council of seven high-ranking chiefs in the...