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Abdul Ningi and the “Apapin” fraternity by Festus Adedayo
Talented filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, recalibrated a popular Yoruba folklore in his famous Agogo Ewo (the forbidden gong) movie. A supremacy battle ensued between Eledumare...
Task before Economic Advisory Committee By Punch Editorial Board
NINE months into his tenure, President Bola Tinubu has finally constituted an economic advisory committee to chart the way forward. The creation of the...
Hunger: Northern Nigeria takes its mother to the sky by Festus Adedayo
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...
Emefiele, El-Rufai, Aregbesola and their Bata drums by Festus Adedayo
The Batá is a Yoruba drum that is in a class of its own. It used to be highly venerated in social and political...
As Buhari conducts Tinubu round the Villa… By Festus Adedayo
Forget their pretensions and volte-faces, when outgoing Nigerian public officials wake up tomorrow, May 29, they will wake up into emptiness. That void cannot...
Nigeria’s Sudan question by Festus Adedayo
Africa is on its familiar route again. She has become the proverbial serial widow whose mourning and weeping the Yoruba express as “Iwo l’eni,...
Seyi Makinde’s Government of Uneducational Propaganda by Saheed Oladele
Dear Governor Seyi Makinde
Your government and propaganda are conjoined twins. You have been owing LAUTECH lecturers salary arrears and allowances of not less than...
Makinde’s Light Up Oyo Project: A Grand Design To Siphon Public Fund, Not In...
Street lights are good and necessary. They provide illumination at night and act as deterrent to criminally minded individuals who hide under the cover...
Pioneer Aare Latoosa LCDA Chairman, Omo BAO: Marching Gloriously To 50
Say: O Allah ! Possessor of the kingdom, You give the kingdom to whom You will and You take the kingdom from whom You...