Tag: By Festus Adedayo
The President’s psychologically punishing jokes, by Festus Adedayo
I have severally confessed my love for South African literature. I fell in love with it early in life while gobbling up narratives of...
Sunkúngbadé at Windsor, Gòngòsú and Èdìdàré, By Festus Adedayo
Two great musicians of the Yoruba extraction, Yusuff Olatunji and Ayinla Omowura — lords of Sákárà and Àpàlà, two generes of Yoruba traditional music...
Bíòbákú’s party and Tinubu’s malapropisms, By Festus Adedayo
The way things are panning out, by the time President Bola Tinubu finishes his course, he will be competing with Mrs. Malaprop in serial...
Aiyedatiwa’s years of the locusts, By Festus Adedayo
Until last week’s bloody clash, governance in the Sunshine State of Ondo was the proverbial upholstery (timutimu) which shielded a generation of filth (egbin)...
Uproar about Tinubu’s subú-seré, by Festus Adedayo
Subú-seré? Poetic licence gave me the indulgence of this headlining. Not even the English Language, in its pretentious globality, could capture subú-seré. Like Shakespeare...
Maduro, Noriega and Death, By Festus Adedayo
Yesterday, President Donald Trump unleashed his fury on the South American country of Venezuela. Woken to Trump’s tweet on his Truth Social that the...
Amupitan’s magical marriage to a buffalo, By Festus Adedayo
While growing up, I went on hunting expeditions with elderly men. From there, I found out that the forest, as an ecosystem, is diametrically...
Fubara and the witches, by Festus Adedayo
Three Nigerian “witches” just got beaten by a midnight downpour. They are: Siminalayi Fubara, Nyesom Wike, and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ascending order. Last...
Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu and the fish god, By Festus Adedayo
(Published by the Sunday Tribune, June 8, 2025)
As Ngugi wa Thiong’o says in his Wizard of the Crow, (2007) ire is more corrosive than...
Dele Momodu: Celebrity of Nigerian journalism @ 65, by Festus Adedayo
Last week, icon of the Nigerian media, Dele Momodu, celebrated his 65th birthday. One of the events hallmarking the celebration was the Dele Momodu...
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