Olusegun Fakoya

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

Randy Masaba – Questions Arising

It is instructive to state that the life and times of Masaba and his current travails epitomise the inherent contradictions in the Nigerian state. One is left perplexed by the manifold contradictions and distortions...

The Gospel of Materialism – Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy (Part 3)

Nigeria is gradually dying because of religion. Useful energy is not being expended on meaningful and relevant activities that can free our nation from the yokes of political oppression and suppression...

The Gospel of Materialism – Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy (Part 2)

Pentecostalism hypnotises the populace with its belaboured emphasis on demonic forces or “spiritual attacks” as the aetiology of misfortunes, accidents, barrenness, ill-luck and so on...

Emperor Muhamar Ghadaffi – The King of Kings

Something is extremely clear and incontestable, Muammar Ghadaffi remains the “King of Kings” amongst those who selected him. He remains the “King of Kings” amongst his cabal of hungry, shameless and corrupt kings...

The Gospel of Materialism – Nigerian Pentecostalism and Hypocrisy

Our Christian men of God today have contributed in no small ways to the social upheaval the Nigerian nation is going through at the present moment. They laid the foundation of greed and social discontent...

Requiem For A Compatriot And The Sorrows Of Being A Nigerian: Akinyemi Akinpelu (1971 – 2005)

This piece would serve its aim if it succeeds in enlightening our brothers and sisters who are desperately trying to sneak out of the hell-hole called Nigeria...

On Governor Fashola’s call to Nigerians in the Diaspora

I keep on wondering whether it is right for me to be true to my conscience and labour where I stand to reap the reward, than to demonstrate false “petro-patriotism or crude-patriotism” in the midst of abiding poverty and joblessness...

Nigeria Mad Mullahs and Historical Revisionism

The term Mullah is a reflection of the excessiveness and atrocities associated with fanatics in the likes of Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts, the Ayatollahs of Iran, and the Talibans of the recently deposed Neolithic regime of Afghanistan...

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