Tag: Festus Adedayo
Bíòbákú’s Party & Tinubu’s Malapropisms By Festus Adedayo
The way things are panning out, by the time President Bola Tinubu finishes his course, he will be competing with Mrs. Malaprop in serial...
Tinubu’s Gun & The Fatal Ricochet Of El-Rufai’s Pistol By Festus...
“Critics must talk. When they accused me of killing the opposition, but I didn’t have a gun.”
That was President Bola Tinubu talking last...
Igboho, Kanu & The Heroic Igwe Before Tinubu By Festus Adedayo
As Eze Ogbunechendo of Ezema Olo Kingdom in Enugu state, Lawrence Agubuzu, stood before him last week, President Bola Tinubu must be fascinated by...
D’Rovans & The Vanity Of Life By Dr Festus Adedayo
At the height of its glory, D’Rovans Hotel in Ibadan, Oyo State, stood like the Chappal Waddi. Standing 2419 meters or 7996 feet above...
Uproar About Tinubu’s Subú-Seré By Festus Adedayo
Subú-seré? Poetic licence gave me the indulgence of this headlining. Not even the English Language, in its pretentious globality, could capture Subú-seré. Like Shakespeare...
Wizkid’s Fela, Davido’s Libido & Burna Boy’s Ego By Festus Adedayo
In perhaps his most famous song after dying in a car crash in 1971, Cardinal Rex Lawson, Kalabari highlife soulful singer of the 1960s...
1966 Coup & The Macbeth Tragedy By Dr Festus Adedayo
Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, Minister of Education in the First Republic, under Tafawa Balewa, and Minister of Justice under Alhaji Shehu Shagari, and one...
January 1 resolutions: Why I write what I write By Festus...
As I write this, I am listening to a line of the song of my favourite Jamaican reggae music superstar, Peter Tosh. It is...
America & Gov Makinde’s precision strikes By Festus Adedayo
In Nigeria, on Tuesday and Thursday last week, two precision airstrikes hit targets. As similar as the pains the airstrikes brought, they were also...
Memories, The Dead, Okanlomo & Other Stories By Festus Adedayo
As we walked into the venue of Professor Abimbola Adunni Adelakun’s mother’s 25th memorial in Ibadan, Oyo State, last Thursday, two conflicting perceptions warred...
