The Nigeria Voice, March 31, 2011 By Femi Fani-Kayode. In his book titled ”Ile-Ife-The Source of Yoruba Civilisation”, Prince Adelegan Adegbola said that ”the yoruba are the progeny of great kingship, efficient kingdom-builders and astute rulers. They have been enjoyong for centuries a well-organized pattern of society, a pattern which persists basically in spite of …
This Day, March 28, 2011 By Femi Fani-Kayode. There has been so much speculation, misinformation and disinformation peddled around about President Olusegun Obasanjo’s handling of the power sector between 1999 and 2007. This contribution is an attempt to set the record straight and to clear the air. The truth is that the numerous problems of …
The Nation, March 19, 2011 by Femi Fani- Kayode. A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of committing four grave blunders while in office between 1999 and 2007. He singled out the choice of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, in spite of protests, as the biggest mistake Obasanjo made.
According to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron, Nigeria is ”a dream waiting to happen”. How very gracious and kind of him it is to remind us of this but I cannot help believing that it was said tongue in cheek. It is rather like a wicked parent telling an abused …
Yesterday’s killings in Norway are just unbelievable and horrific. 84 members of the Labour Youth Movement were shot to death in cold blood by a lone gunman on an island retreat and 7 people were killed by a bomb in Oslo. The perpetrator of both attacks is a right-wing 32 year-old christian fundamentalist conservative by …