Tag: Festus Adedayo
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...
Freudian Fraud, Akpabio & EFCC Chair By Festus Adedayo
Father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, must have had the conversation last week between Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the recently cleared Executive Chairman of...
Hunting Buffalo In Presidential Jet By Festus Adedayo
Why do Nigerian public officials always fail to see the divide between the public and the private? Perhaps taking a cue from their parents,...
Tinubu’s Certificate, Open Society & Its Enemies By Festus Adedayo
Who is the man who today sits atop the presidency of Nigeria? What is his name? Who are his parents? Who are his childhood...
The Mohbad In Nigeria At 63 By Festus Adedayo
Humour and laughter often serve as a powerful tool in driving home words that may otherwise be difficult to communicate. An example is Nigeria...
Why Tinubu Must Sack His US Lawyer By Festus Adedayo
When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a line among those offerings stood out, evergreen....
