Tag: Festus Adedayo
The Wind That Blew Dapo Abiodun’s Rump By Festus Adedayo
Prof Akinwumi Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura (1981), his first play written in 1961-62 while he was a student at the University of Ibadan, is highly...
Obi, Atiku, Tinubu: Judgment Day Beckons By Festus Adedayo
The Nigerian Presidential Election Petition Court has reserved its judgment. Apprehension and expectation are playing hide and seek in the air. Judgment Day is...
Tinubu’s Lost War In Niger As Sigidi By Festus Adedayo
Yoruba have a way with the Sigidi, whose closest modern translation is the robot. So when the Sigidi – a moulded clay effigy –...
The Niger Coup, Emefiele & The President’s Friend, Asari – Festus...
Africa slumped again last week into the hands of its traditional enemies. The continent has not been the same since midnight of January 13,...
Stoppage Of Isese Festival In Ilorin By Festus Adedayo
A little over a week ago, Professor Wole Soyinka turned the attention of Nigerians from their current harrowing economic existence to one of the...
Mmesoma’s Wrong Was Being Igbo By Festus Adedayo
If you diligently analyze social media’s initial reactions to the allegation that Mmesoma Ejikeme forged her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination result,...
Titanic’s Crash & Anger Of Olokun, The Sea Goddess By Festus...
The world is in a mourning mood. After a fruitless five-day search for a missing deep-sea submersible vessel with five passengers on board, its...
A Honeymoon With Tinubu By Festus Adedayo
This season, President Bola Tinubu is harvesting big pods of cocoa from his plantation. His co-farmers are looking at him with concentrated envy. And...
Emefiele, El-Rufai, Aregbesola And Their Bata Drums By Festus Adedayo
The Batá is a Yoruba drum that is in a class of its own. It used to be highly venerated in social and political...
Joe Biden’s Fall & A Shaking Nigeria By Festus Adedayo
America was a pitiable sight last Thursday. That great country was crouched on the bare floor. It fell like a huge hippopotamus. President Joe...
