Tag: Festus Adedayo
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...
Why Was Wike Admiring Adedibu’s Bust? Asks Festus Adedayo
Apologia: Though the most trending issue at present is the yacht yaks, my offering today will not dwell on it. Nor will I want...
Justice Dantijjo, Public Opinion And The Rumble In Supreme Court’s Jungle...
Is there any connect between law and public opinion or judgments and public opinion? Before Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad’s (rtd) valedictory speech at the...
