Olusegun Fakoya

Dr Olusegun Fakoya is a physician, teacher, writer and socio-political commentator residing in the UK.

Children of Akwa Ibom State and Governor Godswill Akpabio – A note

I am immensely disturbed by reports emanating from Akwa Ibom state on the vitriolic action of the state government against the activists of the child witchcraft problem in the state...

Lekki-Epe Expressway Toll Palaver– government versus people

The raging controversy over the erection and collection of tolls on the yet-to-be completed Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State, Nigeria is a classic example of the consequences of dearth of communication between the government and the governed...

Open letter to Alhaji Sani Yerima

It is perhaps right to state that the last has not been heard about your unceremonious marriage to a minor and the consequent barrage of public criticism it generated. June 15, 2010 is your next date with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic Persons...

This Graveyard called Nigeria

Nigeria has of today turned to a graveyard of sort for her children where life is cheap and meaningless. Life has become a commodity that can be dispensed of at the slightest whim. The sights of corpses and assassins have become an everyday phenomenon on our streets...

Re: Medico-legal and Sociology of Yar’adua’s Illness

I was at a loss when some professional critics decided to employ negativism in destroying Dr Olayiwola Olaleye’s credibility, simply because the article he penned never met with their amorphous and undefined criteria...

Dear Bishop Oyedepo…

The main purpose of this write-up is to analyse the aim of the purported visit to ailing President Yar’adua by Bishop Oyedepo and some other clerics...

Gospel of Wickedness – The Hypocrisy and Falsehood of Helen Ukpabio – Part 2

That Helen’s films were approved by the Nigerian Censorship Board did not imply that such films were healthy for public consumption. We are all too aware of the arm-twisting tactics of Helen in ensuring that her tainted films get the required approval...

Gospel of Wickedness – The Hypocrisy and Falsehood of Helen Ukpabio – Part 1

The intransigence of Helen Ukpabio seems to have no bounds and I feel compelled to make this submission to further expose the hypocrisy of this woman of little mind...

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