Essays

I heard about the plane crash in Lagos today and I am in a state of utter shock and in the deepest pain. I lost numerous friends in that crash. I have said and written so much about plane crashes in Nigeria over the years and I have nothing more to say about it other […]

Other than the usual congratulations, platitudes, expressions of joy and offerings of thanks to God I believe that as we celebrate our nation’s 53rd independence anniversary it is time for us to bare our minds in a candid and frank manner and to really sit down and think. During her election campaign just a couple

I just listened, with rapt attention, to the speech of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel on the U.N. General Assembly floor. This was a magnificent speech which moved me to tears. Amongst many other things he made the following catergorical and clear assertions.

Permit me to begin this contribution by reproducing a portion of an essay that I wrote on 26 September 2011 which was titled ”On Goodluck Jonathan, David and Goliath”. The essay reads as follows.

There can be little doubt that the relocation of the 19 igbo destitutes from Lagos state a few months ago was a lawful exercise and that it was done in the interest of Lagos state. Consequently I do not believe that Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola ought to have tendered any form of apology whatsoever to

Pa Ayo Adebanjo is one the greatest nationalists and elderstatesmen that we have ever had in Nigeria and he was amongst those that fought for our independence. He was a close associate of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a key leader of NADECO and one of the most credible and consistent leaders that we have ever had

(being a speech delivered by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to the De Raufs Volunteer Group at Ife Town Hall, Ile-Ife, Osun State on 24th September 2013) Blessed be the name of the most high God, the God whose I am and the God whom I serve, blessed be His holy name forever.

(being part 2 of a speech delivered by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to the De Raufs Volunteer Group at Ife Town Hall, Ile-Ife, Osun State on 24th September 2013)

The shocking events that have taken place in Nairobi, Kenya with 68 dead and 172 wounded confirms my view that islamic fundamentalism and islamist terror is the greatest challenge to humanity on earth today. Dozens were slaughtered by Al Shabab in Nairobi yesterday and the whole world is still watching the horror unfold on their

Blessed be the name of the most high God, the God whose I am and the God whom I serve, blessed be His holy name forever. Mr. Chairman, permit me to declare all protocols observed. I thank the leaders and elders of the Kurunmi Front, which is fast becoming one of the leading yoruba nationalist