APC in league with South Africa and US to embarrass Nigeria – @realFFK

by Kolapo Olapoju Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the major opposition party, All Progressives Congress, of being in partnership with the South African and Unites States’ governments to scuttle the efforts of the Nigerian government in fighting the war against Boko Haram. Fani-Kayode was a guest on Channels TV’ Sunrise programme on Wednesday,... Read More

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August 22, 2014

Akin Osuntokun responds to the APC | “Dark souls who branzenly conjure quotes from the pit of hell”

by Akin Osuntokun Now what do we make of this? Am I being condemned because PDP was defeated by the APC in the Osun State election and the result was so declared? On the occasion of the celebration of my 50th birthday over a year ago, former President Olusegun Obasanjo gave me this salutation “I... Read More

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August 17, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Sawyer was trained to bring Ebola to Nigeria

by Femi Fani-Kayode They cultivated him, took care of him, paid him, brainwashed him, gave him all that he wanted in life and finally asked him to go on a suicide mission to destroy the lives of others and spread the deadly disease. I disagree with those that have described Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian/American that... Read More

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August 10, 2014

We never hespererit: Femi Fani-Kayode congratulates Aregbesola

by Kolapo Olapoju Politicians are waking up to the real world. First it was Labour candidate, Fatai Akinbade, who after initially saying he would shock the world and win Osun elections, immediately congratulated the incumbent and eventual winner, Rauf Aregbesola. Femi Fani-Kayode has toed the same line by congratulating Aregbesola. You will recall that this... Read More

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August 9, 2014

#OsunDecides: PDP is ahead of the APC, says Fani-Kayode

by Isi Esene If you think the incumbent governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola is coasting to victory in today’s gubernatorial election (based on results out of polling nits across the state), well count out the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. The politician is telling whoever cares to listen that the Peoples Democratic... Read More

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August 6, 2014

Fani Kayode reveals the “Haramites” behind Boko Haram (TWEET)

by S’ola Filani But you saw the name on the headline before you clicked: Femi Fani-Kayode. What did you expect? Nigeria’s former aviation minister has (once again) accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind deadly sect, Boko Haram. “The APC is the political wing of Boko Haram and Boko Haram is the military... Read More

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July 23, 2014

“God is love, but He created Satan” | Femi Fani-Kayode has 7 lessons for you on love and “abundant life”

by Femi Fani-Kayode Helping such people is like conjuring up the Angel of Death, like invoking Abaddon, the spirit of destruction, and like trading with the grave: they can never be appeased or satisfied and they will always want more. Love is beautiful but it can also ravage and destroy. It brings pleasure and it... Read More

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July 14, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Ayo Mi, the one that brings me joy

by Femi Fani-Kayode The one whose beauty is stunning and relentless and who carries the glory of the sun and the moon. The one that is a special gift from the Ancient of Days, whose blood is royal blue, who wears the purple robe and who carries the mantle of a future Queen Ayo mi:... Read More

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July 11, 2014

#MovingOn: EFCC closes case against Femi Fani-Kayode

by Kolapo Olapoju The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly closed its case in the protracted trial of Femi Fani-Kayode, the former aviation minister who was charged with various counts of money laundering. On Thursday, July 10, when the case, which was presided over by Justice Rita-Ofili Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court,... Read More

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July 7, 2014

Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode – Beating the drums of ethnic divorce

by Rahaman Abiola Toheed In furtherance, I see him as a disillusioned man, a proverbial siren that calls attention to arrival of epidemic but doesn’t wait to wrestle the plague. I also regard his irrelevant questions of hypocrisy as vainglorious display of cynicism and political bigotry. Some weeks ago, I was fortunate to read... Read More

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July 7, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: A tale from the distant past

by Femi Fani-Kayode One day we shall return to our island and enjoy one last night of unrestrained pleasure and passion where our bodies, souls and spirits will be as one again. I sit in my study silently: head-bowed, pensive and all alone on a pitch black, cold and wet December night sometime in the... Read More

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June 16, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: National Conference and the explosive words of Dr. Junaid Mohammed

by Femi Fani-Kayode Junaid speaks for many in the north and the implications of his submission are obvious and far reaching. Particularly those contained in the last sentence about resource control not ever happening unless the north agrees. According to the June 10 edition of the Punch Newspaper, in a story titled ”Ethnic Suspicions Haunt... Read More

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June 11, 2014

Opinion: The kindred spirit of Femi Fani-Kayode and Pastor Tunde Bakare

by Tundun Sofoluke Let me at this point state clearly that I am not in any way implying that FFK and Pastor Tunde Bakare are one of a kind. No! I am simply trying to underline their similarities even though they have a contrasting value system. “No pastor can pastor 2 churches, God created... Read More

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June 9, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Give not thy carrots to beasts

by Femi Fani-Kayode I call on our President to stand firm, not to allow himself to be distracted, discouraged or intimidated and to lead with courage and strength, knowing that in a time of war the whole nation must and will rally behind him. Permit me to begin this contribution with a mild criticism of... Read More

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May 31, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: We must fight the good fight

by Femi Fani-Kayode I say this because for the first time since he came to power four years ago I was genuinely impressed with President Goodluck Jonathan’s Democracy Day speech. He declared total war on Boko Haram and directed that our security agencies and Armed Forces should utterly crush them. Now that is a real... Read More

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May 25, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: “Give me Oduduwa Republic or let me die”

by Tunde Fagbenle A few days ago, I received by email a long diatribe written by none other than the irrepressible enfant terrible Femi Fani-Kayode, chief and Cambridge-educated lawyer scion of the stormy petrel politician of Nigeria’s first republic, Chief Remi Fani-Kayode, aka Fani-Power. These are trying times indeed. Trying and sad times. It wouldn’t... Read More

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May 23, 2014

Gimba Kakanda: Femi Fani-Kayode – The hate preacher and his imaginary audience

by Gimba Kakanda Possessed by his characteristic bigotry, Mr Fani-Kayode, in disparaging the north and its intolerable terrorists does not admit that of the three Nigerian-born terrorists overseas, caught in the act, two are actually his kinsmen, fellow Yoruba who, like Shekau, have become throat-slitting Islamist terrorists. In all my playful attempts to pan the... Read More

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May 18, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Give us Oduduwa Republic or let us die

by Femi Fani-Kayode I have had enough. I say goodbye Nigeria: give us Oduduwa or let us die “If they ever tell my story let them say I walked with giants, men rise and fall like the Winter wheat but these names will never die… Let them say I lived in the time of Hector,... Read More

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May 11, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Boko Haram, Jonathan and the Northern elders

by Femi Fani-Kayode It is another that said, only a few weeks ago, that our country ‘’would burn’’ if Jonathan or any other southerner contests for the Presidential election in 2015. On 4th May 2014, Abubakar Shekau, the leader Boko Haram, proclaimed:”I am going to marry out any woman who is twelve years old, and if... Read More

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May 6, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Boko Haram and the Chibok affair – The emerging and uncomfortable facts

by Femi Fani-Kayode That is what those that are the secret supporters and sponsors of Boko Haram are doing and attempting to achieve. They are also interested in furthering the sinister and barbaric agenda of the Taliban, the Al Nosra Front, Al Shabab, Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Al Qaeda whose wish is to destroy the... Read More

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May 4, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: The Haramites of Boko and their sponsors from the North west

by Femi Fani-Kayode At this juncture one is compelled to ask the following question: how much more can we take before the centre fails to hold and everything falls apart? How much more can we take before some madman in uniform gets up, takes advantage of the situation, does the unacceptable and unthinkable, seizes... Read More

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April 27, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: This is the time for Nigerians to make a choice

by Femi Fani-Kayode Let us make no mistake about it: the agenda of Boko Haram and those that are behind it, both locally and their international backers, is not limited to northern Nigeria and neither has it ever been. Simply put they wish to conquer the whole country and establish their own caliphate. “Nigerian... Read More

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April 14, 2014

Opinion: Femi Fani Kayode’s APC ‘exit’ is good riddance to bad rubbish

by Lanre Oguntoyinbo I wish you goodluck in you new found ‘darkness’ club and I pray you and Doyin Okupe give a good defence to a good leader; Goodluck Jonathan. One sunny afternoon I received a call from a senior colleaque who happens to be a friend like a brother Ojomu Taiwo, he was like;... Read More

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April 13, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: Is God the author of evil?

by Femi Fani-Kayode He allows negative things to happen to us and to our nation only because He has given us the power to deal with them ourselves and the grace to come through them and have a great testimony at the end of it all. Today I shall go down memory lane. Life can... Read More

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April 12, 2014

Opinion: Femi Fani Kayode and the ‘Igi Woroko’ theory

by Tomiwa Ilori What Fani-Kayode speaks is not the truth, they are interests masquerading as principles. While at it, what actually gives him the conclusive impression that APC is fielding a Muslim/Muslim ticket? It is still raining, how do you know it will not be up to yesterday’s? There have been agitations over the forth-coming... Read More

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April 12, 2014

Dele Momodu: Beyond the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket

by Dele Momodu Those who genuinely love APC must speak up now. Many people are not speaking out for fear of ex-communication but we know the views mostly expressed in private. APC will fail if the people cannot see any serious difference between its operatives and the people they wish to replace. In this... Read More

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April 11, 2014

Cheta Nwanze: Citizen Yusuf doesn’t deserve a spell on the naughty step

by Cheta Nwanze Sadly, it appears that for all of his service, Ciaxon has been missing from social media for just over a week now, and yesterday night… a known rabble-rouser alleged that Ciaxon was in fact singing hymns at DSS Central. On the morning of Sunday, March 30, a fire-fight took place within a few feet of... Read More

April 9, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: The strange dream of a Muslim/Muslim Presidential ticket (Part 2)

by Femi Fani-Kayode If speaking that truth will cost me, then so be it. At least, I will sleep very well at night with a clear conscience knowing that I have done my very best to steer the party in the right direction and stop it from destroying itself. Read: The strange dream of a... Read More

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April 6, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: The strange dream of a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket (Part 1)

by Femi Fani-Kayode Presenting a Muslim/Muslim ticket for the 2015 Presidential election ticket, no matter how cleverly rationalised, defended or justified in the pursuit of an ideal or in the name of “political correctness”, will be a terrible insult to the 80 million Christians that are part and parcel of this country and it would... Read More

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April 4, 2014

Opinion: Nasir el-Rufai, Femi Fani-Kayode and the religious card

by Oche Otorkpa The religious rumble between Mr. Femi Fani Kayode and Mallam Nasiru Elrufai both former members of the PDP and now chieftains of the All Progressive Congress (APC) is a clear indication that the party intends to use religion as a weapon in the build up to the general Elections. When the June... Read More

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