Festus Adedayo

1 week ago | politicsdigest.ng | Festus Adedayo |Adnan Mukhtar

Child Thieves Are on the Prowl Again, by Shehu SaniThe rising wave of child abductions and trafficking across Nigeria is a nightmare no parent should ever endure. In markets, on highways, at parks, and even from the supposed safety of schools and orphanages, children are being stolen—ripped away from their families by heartless traffickers who trade innocence for profit. It is a war that demands vigilance, courage, and decisive action from every parent, guardian, and stakeholder.

1 week ago | politicsdigest.ng | Maimuna Aliyu |Festus Adedayo |Adnan Mukhtar |Kabir Akintayo

Chibok Girls: 14 Years After their Mass AbductionBy Maimuna Katuka Aliyu,On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 schoolgirls were abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The incident shocked the world and sparked international outrage, leading to the global #BringBackOurGirls campaign. Unending Agony for FamiliesWhile over 100 of the girls have since been rescued or escaped, more than 90 remain missing.

1 week ago | pmparrotng.com | Festus Adedayo

Nigeria international striker, Ademola Lookman has reportedly informed Atalanta management that he plans to leave this summer. According to TMW (Tutto Mecarto Web), Lookman and La Dea management have a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ about leaving a decision to the player at season’s end over his future. The striker is now set to leave, knowing he has interest from bigger clubs from across Europe with Barcelona and Newcastle United reportedly  among major clubs watching Lookman’s situation.

1 week ago | pmparrotng.com | Festus Adedayo

At his ancient ‘imperial’ home in Molete, Ibadan last Thursday, I wrote in the condolence register: “He was a man, like French philosopher, Voltaire, who had trapped inside a single skull the brains of generations”. When I met Victor Omololu Sowemimo Olunloyo (VOS) for the first time in 1995, the facade of scales that decorated my eyes about him began to drop. If you followed the 1983 Nigerian elections, especially in the old Oyo State, you couldn’t like VOS.

1 week ago | thecable.ng | Festus Adedayo

In July 2006, John Street, Emeritus Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the United States’ University of East Anglia, received a call from Wilfred Ngunjiri Nderitu, chairman of the Kenyan International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). Nderitu wanted Street to be an expert witness in a trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).