Tag: Festus Adedayo
Locating Gen Abacha On The 2027 Road By Dr Festus Adedayo
Have you read Niyi Osundare’s poem, The word is an egg? It explores a deep-rooted Yoruba philosophy of the permanence and fragility of the...
Sunkúngbadé At Windsor, Gòngòsú & Èdìdàré By Dr Festus Adedayo
Two great musicians of the Yoruba extraction, Yusuff Olatunji and Ayinla Omowura — lords of Sákárà and Àpàlà, two generes of Yoruba traditional music...
In Defence Of Daniel Bwala By Dr Festus Adedayo
“I walked into the Governor’s Lodge, my feet languid and heart trembling. When you walk into that hallowed premises, you are not sure of...
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...
