Category: Humanities
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...
My Experience with Ibrahim Magu’s EFCC
My Experience with Ibrahim Magu’s EFCC By: Deji Yesufu On the 9th of May, 2020, a friend, Sarah Emordi, got in touch with me that she had been duped of a sum of N12,000 by a syndicate on the internet....
Magu, Maggots and Maga Dogs
Magu, Maggots and Maga Dogs By: Festus Adedayo Again, the system felled Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last week. It had always done that. Olusegun Obasanjo, the maiden president at inception of Nigeria’s...
COVID-19: The New Normal
COVID-19: The New Normal By: Deji Yesufu A video is circulating the internet that has a young man explaining to Nigerians the dire situation that private school teachers are in at the moment. This man, with tears streaming down his...
Jada & Will: Models Of “Marriages” Today.
Jada & Will: Models Of "Marriages" Today By: Olakunle Allison Marriages don't work in Hollywood. That's like saying Hitler was a German tyrant. It's such a notorious fact. But one couple in Hollywood have always fascinated me and earned my...
Feminism: Concerning Change of Names
Feminism: Concerning Change of Names By: Deji Yesufu Permit me to begin this essay with a free advice: do not come to social media to learn an ideology; you are likely to learn the wrong one. Social media is a...
Faith: A Matter of Life or Death?
Faith: A matter of life or death? By: Olapeju Simoyan (MD, MPH) July 6, 2020 After reading Deji Yesufu’s essay on faith healing and death, I was inspired to share my thoughts on the subject. I agree with his position...
The Hushpuppi, Woodberry Jibiti Generation
The Hushpuppi, Woodberry Jibiti Generation By: Festus Adedayo Until their arrest and extradition last week by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United States, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Ray Hushpuppi and his accomplice in cyber-heist, Olalekan Jacob...
Yahaya Bello and the Coming COVID-19 Outbreak in Kogi State
Yahaya Bello and the Coming COVID-19 Outbreak in Kogi State By: Deji Yesufu Yahaya Bello is the Governor of Kogi State. Kogi is a state in the middle belt area of Nigeria. Its capital, Lokoja, was once the capital of...