Tag: Festus Adedayo
Tai Solarin, Mailafia, Lai Mohammed At A Reverie With George Orwell...
Any student of autocratic rule will tell you that free speech is always the first casualty of a budding despotism. So, watching the viral...
Mimiko: A Withered Iroko Tree By Festus Adedayo
The sagging consequence and worth of the name of Olusegun Mimiko, the former governor of Ondo State, received some boost in political discourse recently....
Buhari’s Politics Of Memory By Festus Adedayo
President Muhammadu Buhari, last week, rolled out a list of railway station corridors which were named after living and departed Nigerians, ostensibly with the...
The Abiola Ajimobi I Knew By Adeolu Akande
Senator Abiola Ajimobi went the way of all flesh on June 25, 2020. I had the privilege of serving him as his Chief of...
I Am Happy I Did Not Eventually Become Senate President’s Spokesman...
A former Media Adviser to Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, Dr Festus Adedayo has said that he is happy that he eventually did not become...
Ajimobi: Last Supper With A Sanmonri, Constituted Into Authority By Festus...
Unlike my wont, words failed me repeatedly this morning. Ever imagine billows of smoke failing to sprout out of the blacksmith’s forge? Or the...
Pulling Down Christopher Columbus’ Buhari Statues
You may not like their reckless consumption of drugs, the airs they put on as “stars” and the pumped-up peacock ego sometimes exhibited by...
Majek Fashek And The Curse Of Drug Addiction By Festus Adedayo
The death of Nigerian singer-songwriter, guitarist and reggae music lord, Majek Fashek, in New York, America, last week threw Nigerians into a nostalgic mood.
It brought into...
Why Trump May Throw AfDB Adesina Inside The Bandama River
Occasionally, some occurrences on the African continent remind us of how vulnerable we are. Or, put in the lingo of neocolonialism advocates, how tied...
Amaechi’s Theory Of The Monkey And Nigerian Politicians By Festus Adedayo
Away from the ravages of COVID-19 and the dispiriting news of multiple infections and rising deaths, the interview granted last week by Nigeria’s Minister...
