Femi Fani-Kayode: The Spy Who Fooled Us, By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Shocking seems to be the eulogy of unbelievable tributes that greeted the exit of the man Abba Kyari. One of which is the confirmation of President Muhammadu Buhari on the role of Abba Kyari in his Government whom he simply described as, “the best of us”. With this, the President laid to rest every insinuation […]

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Where our leader got it wrong on Amotekun, By Femi Fani-Kayode

“Amotekun is the arrival of Yoruba freedom. It is a good initiative and has nothing to do with politics but with the safety of life and property. It cannot lead to secession. Yoruba cannot secede from Nigeria because our fathers have invested so much in the country”- Chief Olu Falae. I love, respect and admire […]

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The American watch list and Buhari’s men, By Femi Fani-Kayode

A few days ago the United States of America placed Nigeria on a Special Watch List (SWL) of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom”. In his official reaction the Honorable Minister of Information of Nigeria, Mr. Lai Mohammed said, inter alia, that: “The United States have been misled by […]

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The Humiliation of the Villa fiend, By Femi Fani-Kayode

In September 2019 I tweeted the following to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. “Ambassador Ayo Oke, the former Director General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, took care of you. He paid your bills and protected you. He kept all your dirty little secrets. He gave you wise counsel and comforted you even when you shed tears […]

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I Insist, We Are Sons, Daughters of Oduduwa, Not Yorubas, By Femi Fani-Kayode

I just read the contribution of Professor Stephen Banji Akintoye, a notable and respected historian, to the burning debate about the origin and meaning of the word Yoruba. I scrutinised his arguments and I considered his sources. I welcome his submissions but I respectfully disagree with his conclusions. I maintain my original position and I stand […]

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We are the Sons and Daughters of Oduduwa and not Yorubas, By Femi Fani-Kayode

There are two demeaning and insulting names and words that the Fulani gave and used to describe southerners. Firstly came “Nyamiri” (meaning ‘fetcher of water’) in reference to the people of the South-East and secondly “Yariba” in reference to the people of the South West. The South East rejected that name but the South West […]

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A Warning for the Foreign Minister and People of South Africa, By Femi Fani-Kayode

“I would appreciate them in helping us as well to address the belief our people have and the reality that there are many persons from Nigeria dealing in drugs in our country”- Dr. Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations. Is this the sort of thing that ought to be said by […]

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The abduction of five Pastors, the slaughter of a Catholic Priest and a word for Pastor Enoch Adeboye and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, By Femi Fani-Kayode

It is no longer news that no less than five Pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been abducted in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state. This is sad and regrettable. It was also avoidable. Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, erudite and distinguished […]

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Lessons from Ekweremadu’s Nuremberg saga, By Femi Fani-Kayode

SEN. Ike Ekweremadu What happened to my friend and brother Senator Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany at the hands of IPOB is an eye-opener and a clear signal to every political leader in southern Nigeria! The people of the south are getting angry and you either stand up and defend them or stand aside! It […]

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Brexiting from Nigeria, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa “Every bird flies with its own kind. Crows fly with crows and eagles fly with eagles”- Muyhideen Ibn Arabi. Muyhideen Ibn Arabi (1165 AD -1240 AD) was one of the greatest clerics, philosophers, teachers, poets, intellectuals, spiritual masters and Sufi Muslim scholars that ever lived. Gen. Aguiyu Ironsi A native of […]

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A government of the Fulani, by the Fulani and for the Fulani, By Femi Fani-Kayode

President Muhammadu Buhari On 6th February 2014 the Leader of IPOB and the Lion of the East, my friend and brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, said the following, “As they campaign vigorously for elections, you would think, they are coming to grow the economy, enthrone justice, breed unity and tolerance, love for one another. No, they […]

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The Great Mistake of 1914, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Lord Fredrick Lugard In 1914 Lord Frederick Lugard, the British Governor-General of Nigeria, described northern Nigeria as the “poor husband” and southern Nigeria as the “rich wife”. He went further by boldly proclaiming the marriage of the two regions by British fiat and declared, without consultation with either of the two “spouses”, that this was […]

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June 12th, Democracy Day and Nigeria’s Dance of Death, By Femi Fani-Kayode

Chief Moshood Abiola Today is June 12th, our nation’s Democracy Day and I have some home truths to tell. The struggle for June 12th was indeed a noble, worthy, cataclysmic and monumental one. It was also something of a nightmare which littered our fields with many corpses and soaked the very foundation of our nation […]

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