Festus Adedayo

Tinubu’s budget arithmetic, drums and KWAM 1

“I know the arithmetic of the budget and the numbers that I brought to the…

The curse of Okuama tragedy

Curses and magical beliefs are woven together in African politics. A study found out that…

Abdul Ningi and the “Apapin” fraternity

Talented filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, recalibrated a popular Yoruba folklore in his famous Agogo Ewo (the forbidden gong)…

Wayward Ways and Means, Epidemic of Kidnapping

We are about to witness a mud-fight between two gods of integrity. In a Nigeria…

When pharmacies sell death for a penny

In the jungle, when the fox dies, the chicken is happy. The death of the…

The Akpabio-provoked N30b Intifada

So, at plenary in the senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out…

Hunger: Northern Nigeria takes its mother to the sky

Festus Adedayo laments: The current Nigerian food crisis is drilling down to the basest of…

Yoruba kings as kidnappers’ supper

The porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills, spines.…

The North is angry!

Northern Nigeria used to have a cult of power called the Kaduna Mafia. The Kaduna…

Ibadan blast, Abuja kidnaps and calamities

Big calamities seldom knock before opening the door. Calamities’ sneaky essence is articulated in one…