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When Power Lacks Wisdom: Authority, Oppression, and the Erosion of Trust

Posted June 30, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

In a famous fictional scene from the "Game of Thrones" series, a man boldly declared, “Knowledge is power.” Instantly, the queen commanded her guards to seize him, and as they obeyed without hesitation, she smiled and replied, “Power is power.” That moment, though imagined, mirrors a brutal truth in…

The Vanishing Honour of Matrimony: A Reflection on Sacred Fidelity and Eroding Values

Posted May 29, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

In many African communities of old, the sanctity of marriage was not just a moral ideal, it was a spiritual edifice, a sacred covenant upheld by tradition, custom, and the ancestral spirits. Today, that edifice is crumbling, brick by brick, under the weight of modernity, imported liberal values, and the…

Tinubu’s lifejacket and a deer’s sacred skin _Festus Adedayo

Posted May 25, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

What hunters see in the forest is enough to make children of men without balls blind. An ethnographic study of hunters in a wild called Ìgbẹ Alágogo conducted by a scholar at the University of Ibadan, Ayo Adeduntan, gave birth to the narrative. Ọláníyì Ọládèj̣ọ Yáwóọ̣ré had gone hunting one…

Umo Eno, Oborevwori and Okowa’s political harlotry _Festus Adedayo

Posted May 4, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Is there morality in politics? Or, should there be morality in politics? Governors of Akwa-Ibom and Delta States, Umo Eno, Sheriff Oborevwori and ex-governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, are of the opinion that there isn’t. Or, there shouldn’t be. They made this known last week in epistles that should…

President Tinubu Calls for Calm and Dialogue Amid Nationwide Protests

Tinubu is the law! _Festus Adedayo

Posted March 23, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

"Everything is my business. Everything. Anything I say is law...literally law." Barbara Geddes, et al in their How dictatorship works (2018) quoted Malawian dictator, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, as having once said the above. In Nigeria of a little more than a week ago, they all came in quick successions:…

President Tinubu Announces 30-Day National Youth Conference to Tackle Challenges Facing Nigerian Youths

The Balewa road Tinubu is travelling _Festus Adedayo

Posted March 16, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

An ancient Yoruba anecdote narrates the destructive nature of the tongue. Its moral is specifically targeted at leaders who take unconscionable decisions as dictated by their fleeting passion. It is the tragic life and reign of King Odarawu. Odarawu was an Alaafin in the old Oyo Empire. His brief reign…

Lessons from IBB’s autobiography

Posted March 11, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

A week ago, Nigeria’s former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, unveiled his autobiography titled A Journey in Service, during a gathering of notable figures from Nigerian society. The event saw the attendance of surviving former Presidents, Heads of State, and prominent leaders, except for Muhammadu Buhari, who opted to…

Opinion: Babangida’s journey and his service_ Festus Adedayo

Posted February 23, 2025 by Freedom Square TV

Since Thursday when his autobiography, A Journey In Service, was launched, former military president, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has taken center-stage of national attention. The autobiography reminds me of James Hadley Chase’s Make the Corpse Walk. It is the story of eccentric millionaire, Kester Weidmann, who in his weirdest best,…

National Crisis and Leadership Failures Have Disorganized Labour Party – Ibeneme

Posted February 22, 2025 by Steven

The Former spokesperson for the Labour Party during 2023 general elections in Enugu State, Dr Mc Ginger Ibeneme says the state chapter of the party mismanaged its electoral successes, leading to its failure as the opposition. Dr. Ibeneme made this known on Saturday during the Freedom Square radio programme…

SECURITY IN ANAMBRA: BEYOND PANIC TO COLLECTIVE ACTION

Posted December 30, 2024 by Freedom Square TV

As long as society remains imperfect and imperfect humans inhabit society, crime will never cease to exist, but it can be reduced. Thus, threats to the security of lives and property are a recurring global phenomenon, no matter how advanced societies are. The recent incidents of crime, particularly kidnapping, in…