Tag: Festus Adedayo
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...
The Olanipekun’s Royal Homage & Tribute To Olubadan Ladoja By Tunji...
The hallowed hall of the Oke-Aremo Palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan bore witness to a remarkable occasion on Tuesday, 16 December, 2025 as...
Bow-And-Go: When Senate Ate Intestines Of Òkété By Festus Adedayo
Time and seasons have their indicators. My people have many of such indicators. For instance, when elders gather to feast on the intestines, the...
Musa Is Coming, Trump Is Watching By Festus Adedayo
He who finds favour of the world is without blemish in its eyes. “Eni ayé ńfé ò l’árùn kan l’ára”. That was a verdict...
Can Tinubu, Our Eddie Kwansa, Now Come Home? Asks Festus Adedayo
Today’s Gen Z world may not know of “Eddie Kwansa”. It is a famous folk song Owerri, Imo State, donated to the rest of...
The Girls Of Chibok, Maga, Papiri & Our Frankenstein By Festus...
Famous Ogbomoso, Oyo State-born bard, Ogundare Fọyanmu, had some words for evil spins and spinners. Religionists call these spinners “workers of iniquity”. They are...
Aso Rock & Kitoye Ajasa’s Lickspittle Press By Festus Adedayo
President Bola Tinubu did the unexpected last Wednesday. He attended the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) Conference 2025. It was the very first for...
Trump: War General, Kurunmi’s Lessons For Tinubu By Festus Adedayo
Greek philosopher, Socrates, may be the most famous Western figure of his time to have swallowed the poisonous plant's juice called hemlock.
But, Africa,...
