Festus Adedayo

Ibadan, Nigeria

Contributor at Freelance

Journalist, columnist, lawyer, author and political scientist with inexplicable anger against injustice.

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Articles

Production Challenges Forces Davido To Cancel UK Show At...

1 week ago | pmparrotng.com | Festus Adedayo

Grammy-nominated singer, Davido has announced the cancellation of his upcoming performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 3rd. In a statement on Instagram, he cited unresolved issues with the event’s execution, particularly regarding key elements necessary for a high-quality performance. Davido emphasised that despite strong fan support and ticket sales, his commitment to upholding the integrity of his craft and respect for his fans and culture stands.
June 12 wounds and Nigeria’s search for closure, By Festus Adedayo

1 week ago | premiumtimesng.com | Festus Adedayo

Antjie Krog is a South African writer, academic and broadcaster. As a radio journalist with the South African Broadcasting Corporation, (SABC) Krog reported the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proceedings under the chairmanship of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Thereafter, she chronicled South Africa’s Apartheid regime’s human rights abuses and assassinations in a 1998 book entitled Country of My Skull.
June 12 wounds and Nigeria’s search for closure

1 week ago | thecable.ng | Festus Adedayo

Antjie Krog is a South African writer, academic and broadcaster. As a radio journalist with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Krog reported the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) proceedings under the chairmanship of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Thereafter, she chronicled South Africa’s Apartheid regime’s human rights abuses and assassinations in a 1998 book entitled Country of My Skull.
Farewell, Olori Solape Abolarin

1 week ago | tribuneonlineng.com | Aliyu Abdulkareem |Festus Adedayo

For the well-respected monarch, the Orangun of Oke Ila in Osun State, Oba Dokun Abolarin, what philosophers mean by the concept of brevity of human existence walked into his embrace, in its full throttle, last Monday. Around 5pm on that day, a major pillar of his monarchy, his Olori, his wife, Mrs. Solape Abolarin, breathed her last in an Ibadan hospital.
June 12 and its casualties, 32 years after, By Festus Adedayo

2 weeks ago | premiumtimesng.com | Festus Adedayo

On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon. On 9 July, 1998, the lifeless body of a young man adorned the front page of the Nigerian Tribune. The tear-jerking, bloodied body decorated the front pages of many other Nigerian newspapers like manacles in the hands of a convict. He had been shot dead by the police in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was during a Southwest-wide protest against the perceived murder in detention of Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 election.
June 12 and its casualties, 32 years after

2 weeks ago | thecable.ng | Festus Adedayo

On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon. On July 9, 1998, the lifeless body of a young man adorned the front page of the Nigerian Tribune. The tear-jerking, bloodied body decorated the front pages of many other Nigerian newspapers like manacles in the hands of a convict. He had been shot dead by the police in Abeokuta, Ogun state. It was during a southwest-wide protest against the perceived murder in detention of Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993 election.
HT Syndication: June 12 and its casualties, 32 years after, By Festus Adedayo

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Festus Adedayo

Posted On: 2025-06-08 Posted By: Festus Adedayo Entertainment Health & Lifestyle Education Technology Cities Real Estate & Construction Premium Times Nigeria, June 8 -- On Thursday this week, it will be 32 years of that June 12 phenomenon.
Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu and the fish god

2 weeks ago | tribuneonlineng.com | Festus Adedayo

AS Ngugi wa Thiong’o says in his Wizard of the Crow, (2007), ire is more corrosive than fire. Make no mistake about it: President Bola Tinubu is angry. When Tinubu was similarly angry, I wrote a piece entitled Tinubu the Ap’ejalodo and his strange fish friend (September 18, 2018). That fable was one of the stories that helped to tame the greed of pre and post-colonial Yoruba society, as well as any tendency within it to play God.
Youth, leadership and values

3 weeks ago | tribuneonlineng.com | Festus Adedayo

Permit me to begin this speech with the usual public-speaking cliche of how it is a delight for me to be in your presence this morning. In reality, beyond the cliche, I am indeed delighted to be here. Whenever I have the opportunity of being in the midst of younger generations like yours, it is an opportunity to impact the little knowledge God has given me. The Lead City University Model United Nations (LCUMUN) Conference 2025 is such an opportunity.
A fictional report of Tinubu, Trump’s meeting at the White House, By Festus Adedayo

3 weeks ago | premiumtimesng.com | Festus Adedayo

An ice wallinitially separated President Bola Tinubu and POTUS Donald Trump. As they sat inside the White House’s Oval Office, Tinubu was the first to thaw the ice. “How are you managing old age, Mr President?” he asked jocularly. Apparently fazed by the Nigerian president’s boldness, Trump flashed his traditional wry smile and replied, “Same here, Mr President.