Festus Adedayo

The god at 90

I am sure Soyinka cannot die. While here with us in human form, his deeds…

J. F. Odunjo and the hunger this time

One phenomenon that cannot be denied in Nigeria today is hunger. Nigerian people are hungry.…

Olajumoke at 80

Tomorrow, Monday, one of Providence’s priceless gifts to Ondo State and Nigeria, Dr. Bode Olajumoke,…

Ruto in Davido’s Marriage of Anansewa

Festus Adedayo writes that For a moment in the same week, Nigeria provided both counterpoise…

Ojude Oba, Durbar and Musawa’s African Grammy

Last Tuesday’s cultural display of the Ijebu people of Ogun State in their yearly Ojude…

Rehoboam, Presidential Jet and Nigerians’ Aparo Eggs

Nigerians have indeed suffered tremendously in the last one year. Not strictly the hunger tugging…

Tinubu, Ibadan is angry!

President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day broadcast of June 12, 2024 did Ibadan incalculable dishonour. The…

El-Rufai, June 12 and Abacha woken from the dead

Festus Adedayo writes that many people have falsely looked at the spats in post-succession governors’…

Tinubu’s bragging right and his 200 needles

In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and…

Emir Sanusi and Battle of Kwatarkwashi

Dr Festus Adedayo, in this piece, argues that the plot to bring Sanusi, a former…