Tag: By Festus Adedayo
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...
“Tell your Papa” as the spirit of Rwanda’s Simon Bikindi, By...
In July, 2006, John Street, Emeritus Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the United States’ University of East...
The Guardian’s dog and rape of Lady Justice, By Festus Adedayo
(Published by the Sunday Tribune, October 27, 2024)
As I was concluding this piece, my eyes caught a presidential sledgehammer which landed on the head...
The python and Tinubu-North’s matrimony, by Festus Adedayo
Undoubtedly, the political matrimony between President Bola Tinubu and Northern Nigeria is at Talaq stage. Talaq is the Islamic unilateral repudiation of a marital...
Rehoboam, presidential jet and Nigerians’ Aparo eggs, by Festus Adedayo
Nigerians have indeed suffered tremendously in the last one year. Not strictly the hunger tugging at our bellies. That pestilence of hunger was brilliantly...
The marabouts of Yahaya Bello, by Festus Adedayo
The enchanter recited the incantation with utmost fury: “River Niger and River Benue, the confluence is in Kogi State. Except say River Niger and...
The marabouts of Yahaya Bello, by Festus Adedayo
The enchanter recited the incantation with utmost fury: “River Niger and River Benue, the confluence is in Kogi State. Except say River Niger and...
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