Aso Rock’s Voodoo Statistics and My Friend, Al Venter – By Festus Adedayo
A couple of months ago, history walked on its two legs into my feeble embrace. When it did, I never…
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Nigeria Hosts Nyerere’s One-Party Ghost – By Festus Adedayo
It was almost impossible not to be infected by the joy writ large on the face of the One-party state…
Profiling Natasha as Segilola, Sweetheart of 1001 Men – By Festus Adedayo
Sorry, I digress. Gradually, the Nigerian presidency is putting finishing touches to its own sculpture of a village liar, Ìbídùn,…
“Our Doc, Who Art in The National Palace” – By Festus Adedayo
On April 23, 1971, the New York Times did a feature on Haitian tyrant, Francois Duvalier, infamously known as Papa…
Tinubu is The Law! – By Festus Adedayo
Everything is my business. Everything. Anything I say is law…literally law.” Barbara Geddes, et al in their How dictatorship works…
Nasir El-Rufai And The Philosophy of Nothing – By Festus Adedayo
Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, caused a mild stir last week. Though the resignation of his membership of…
Making of an Aláàfin: Bribe or gods? – By Festus Adedayo
In a viral video, Professor Wande Abimbola, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, and…
Ex-Queen Naomi and Beheaded Skulls in Mògún Shrine – By Festus Adedayo
In my piece of last week, I made a tangential reference to the place of African magic in modern matters.…
Ruto in Davido’s Marriage of Anansewa – By Festus Adedayo
Nigeria of the 1950s and early 1960s had very many interesting personalities. Western Region had its fair share of such.…