Tag: Festus Adedayo
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...
As Buhari Conducts Tinubu Round The Villa… By Festus Adedayo
Forget their pretensions and volte-faces, when outgoing Nigerian public officials wake up tomorrow, May 29, they will wake up into emptiness. That void cannot...
Will North, The Shrew, Bite The APC’s Nose? Asks Festus Adedayo
The ongoing fight-to-finish for principal officers’ positions in the 10th National Assembly by the All Progressives Congress (APC) has only one fitting corollary: It...
