Category: Festus Adedayo
Gov Bala Mohammed’s Paradise for AK-47, Cows and Fulani
Gov Bala Mohammed’s paradise for AK-47, cows and Fulani By: Festus Adedayo At the risk of being charged for excessive hyperbolism, “AK-47,” “cows” and the word, “Fulani,” are the most notorious clichés on parade in Nigeria today. And, come to...
Nigeria’s Cow War: Northern Elites as Orogun Adedigba
Nigeria’s Cow War: Northern Elites as Orogun Adedigba By: Festus Adedayo Oyin Adejobi, late Yoruba cripple thespian, renowned for his famous African alternative dispute resolution drama sketches called Kootu Asipa of the 1980s, once allegorized the story of how he became disabled. In Orogun...
Aliko Dangote’s Costly Libido Mess
Aliko Dangote’s costly libido mess By: Festus Adedayo How can a man fight very difficult life battles, vanquish them all, be a household name in the world as a result of his handsome laurels in business, and then, all of...
Let’s Talk About Sex – The Kaduna Sex Party
Let’s talk about sex, the Kaduna sex By: Festus Adedayo When audacity of immorality is at issue, the celebrated case of Smith v Hughes is always referenced. It is also used to explain the mischief rule in law. By the...
Oyedepo, CAN and the Islamisation Agenda of CAMA 2020
Oyedepo, CAN and the Islamisation agenda of CAMA 2020 By: Festus Adedayo As August 27 anniversary of the 35 years that wily military General, Ibrahim Babangida, gunned himself into office draws near, his baptism with a national uproar on account...
Tai Solarin, Mailafia, Lai Mohammed at a Reverie with George Orwell
Tai Solarin, Mailafia, Lai Mohammed at a reverie with George Orwell By: Festus Adedayo Any student of autocratic rule will tell you that free speech is always the first casualty of a budding despotism. So, watching the viral video of...
Why the Colour of #RevolutionNow was not Arab Spring-red
Why the Colour of #RevolutionNow was not Arab Spring-red By: Festus Adedayo They all happened almost simultaneously, as if in a choreography. On February 9, 2011, a huge crowd of protesters had gathered at the Tahir Square in Cairo, Egypt....
The Sanctimony of Nigerian Army against Rawlings, Nzeogwu’s Ghosts
The sanctimony of Nigerian Army against Rawlings, Nzeogwu’s ghosts By: Festus Adedayo The symbolism of blood in Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings’ name must have terribly scared the Nigerian Army. So also the “baboon drenched in blood” picture of the...
Can Buhari Separate Two Chickens in a Fight?
Can Buhari separate two chickens in a fight? By: Festus Adedayo Hassan Ayariga, founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) of Ghana, in a recent viral video, publicly reminded Nigerians that their country had become a butt of jokes in...
Akpabio/Nunieh: Of Sex and Sleaze in High Places
Akpabio/Nunieh: Of sex and sleaze in high places By: Festus Adedayo Watchers of the flick of lurid but disgusting theatre in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) starring Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio and erstwhile Managing Director of the...