Tag: Festus Adedayo
The Akpabio-Provoked N30b Intifada By Festus Adedayo
So at plenary in the senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In...
Women Who Wanted To Beat Up Our President By Festus Adedayo
This is what Kurumi's Ijaye looked like after it was attacked and defeated by Ibadan forces in 1860/61: “Old people, men and women and...
Yoruba Kings As Kidnappers’ Supper By Festus Adedayo
The porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills, spines. The spines protect it from rampaging predators....
The North Is Angry! By Festus Adedayo
Northern Nigeria used to have a cult of power called the Kaduna Mafia. The Kaduna Mafia decided who would become the Nigerian president, which...
Ibadan Blast, Abuja Kidnaps & Calamities By Dr Festus Adedayo
Big calamities seldom knock before opening the door. Calamities’ sneaky essence is articulated in one song by grand old Odolaye Aremu, Ilorin, Kwara state-born...
Ogboni Cult In Beta Edu & T.B. Joshua By Festus Adedayo
The “Edan” is a Yoruba Ogboni cult insignia, an emblem of membership in the Ogboni society. It is a cylindrical duality of male and...
Godwin Emefiele’s Execution In China By Festus Adedayo
We wait to hear what the fallen former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele has to say on the lurid report of...
As Fubara Presses The Nuclear Button By Festus Adedayo
If Nyesom Wike had read the character portrait of the Ijaw man as sketched by Dr. Percy Amoury Talbot, an early 20th century British...
Tinubu & Frank Kokori: A Reporter Remembers By Festus Adedayo
It was 25 years ago; Saturday, October 10, 1998 to be precise. We were all inside the living room of the Yaba, Lagos modest...
Osoba, Ajasin And Reporters Of Death By Festus Adedayo
Last week, in the ancient city of Ibadan, Oyo State, two bedfellows, journalism and history, became objects of attraction. The duo have always existed...
