Hunger: Northern Nigeria takes its mother to the sky
Late Afrobeat superstar, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in his early musical ensemble days as Africa ‘70, recalibrated a folklore that told the story of food shortage and …
Festus Adedayo
Yoruba kings as kidnappers’ supper
The porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills, spines. The spines protect it from rampaging predators. When …
Osun CJ: Advising Adeleke’s advisers
With my knowledge of the geography and contours of state government operations, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State may have last week fallen victim of …
Lamentations of Nuhu Ribadu
National Security Adviser, (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, always wears a permanent visor of one who needs to be pitied. Last Monday, however, he advertised far more …
Dattijo, public opinion and the rumble in Supreme Court’s jungle
Is there any connect between law and public opinion or judgments and public opinion? Before Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad’s valedictory speech at the Supreme Court …
Of Shettima, cows and goats
Yoruba have a solemn way of expressing disgust with vacuity. Wherever elders look forward, in huge expectation, that a respected person would utter words of …
The Isese stoppage in Ilorin
A little over a week ago, Professor Wole Soyinka turned the attention of Nigerians from their current harrowing economic existence to one of the tyrannies …
The CJN On Wheelchair
“If you are unlucky not to have a representative in the judicial council, even if you are innocent, you can be found guilty – B’eyan …
Now that we have arrived Rwanda
Just before genocide broke out in Rwanda in 1994, a broadcaster on the Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) had said: “Someone must … …
Peter Obi and Ahmed Datti are the candidates we have chosen to lead us
PDP and allegory of the sick lion, wise fox by Festus Adedayo Traditional Africa had anecdotes and allegories configured to explain autocracy and …
Aburi ghost, Asaba secessionists and waffles in high places
Aburi ghost, Asaba secessionists and waffles in high places by Festus Adedayo When you listen to Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan’s skewed submission …
Gov Bala Mohammed’s paradise for AK-47, cows and Fulani
At the risk of being charged for excessive hyperbolism, “AK-47,” “cows” and the word, “Fulani,” are the most notorious clichés on parade in Nigeria today. …