Tag: Festus Adedayo
Abulu, The Prophetic Madman, At Akure Summit By Festus Adedayo
I have read enough works on the phenomenon of sycophancy in politics to know that it is a democratic curse. Whenever I reflect on...
Ted Cruz’s Genocide, Blasphemy & Ida The Slave Boy By Festus...
Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while...
Amupitan’s Magical Marriage To A Buffalo By Dr Festus Adedayo
While growing up, I went on hunting expeditions with elderly men. From there, I found out that the forest, as an ecosystem, is diametrically...
Herbert Macaulay’s Pardon, Oseni & Umahi By Festus Adedayo
Words are sacred sovereign objects. This sacredness makes them very essential to democratic freedom. In his poem, The Word Is An Egg, great Nigerian...
Iyaloja-General At Oba Of Benin’s Palace By Festus Adedayo
The earliest example of personal rule gone awry in the world was given in the biblical account of Eli, the prophet. Personal rule has...
The Madman Sermon On Mapo Hill By Dr Festus Adedayo
Ibadan, Oyo State, the city of warriors, quaked last Friday. The rumbling vibrations of the historic coronation of Ex-Governor Rashidi Ladoja as Olubadan sent...
Siminalayi Fubara & The Witches By Dr Festus Adedayo
Three Nigerian “witches” just got beaten by a midnight downpour. They are, Siminalayi Fubara, Nyesom Wike and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ascending order.
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Jonathan’s Betrayal & Askaris In Nigerian Politics By Festus Adedayo
Poor Goodluck Ebele Jonathan! Last Thursday, at the 70th birthday of his ex-Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Aiyegbeni Oghiadomhe, in Benin, Edo State, the...
A ‘Corruption-Free’ Nigeria & Brazil As Hyena By Festus Adedayo
Growing up, people of my generation matured into a fiery imagery painted of the wild and the animal world. We were fed on such...
Is Èmil’ókàn Audacity Or Incantation Ritual? Asks Festus Adedayo
A few weeks ago, an outburst of then aspirant for Nigeria’s presidential office, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, marked its third anniversary. On June 2, 2022,...
