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COLUMNIST: CHIEF FEMI FANI-KAYODE

A Bond That Must Never Be Broken - Part 6

A Bond That Must Never Be Broken - Part 6

Aug 8, 2026 | Feature Article

Permit me to once again share the words of the Sweden-based Nigerian writer Prince Kio Jaja Amachree. He wrote the follo ...

Aug 7, 2026 | Feature Article

To buttress the point permit me to share the words of Prince Kio Jaja Amachree, a Stockholm-based Nigerian writer and a ...

Aug 6, 2026 | Feature Article

Permit me to continue with the point that I touched on in the preceding part of this contribution about Nigeria 39;s fi ...

Aug 5, 2026 | Feature Article

Permit me to offer a history lesson and share a few facts with Minister Khumbudzo Tshaveni about who and what we are as ...

Aug 4, 2026 | Feature Article

What has made the situation even more tense is the fact that the spokesman of President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mr. Vincent Mag ...

Aug 3, 2026 | Feature Article

In 1988 Mr. P.W. Botha, who was President of apartheid South Africa from 1984 till 1989, said the following: Black p ...

Jul 4, 2026 | Feature Article

My dearest brother Prince Nazir Ado Ibrahim of the Royal House of the Atta 39;s in Ebiraland, Kogi state has passed and ...

May 10, 2026 | Feature Article

The biggest mistake that anyone can make when dealing with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is to think he is an ordinary per ...

May 3, 2026 | Feature Article

William Shakespeare 39;s 39;Julius Caeser 39; is, in my view, one of his best plays ever written by history 39;s gr ...

Jan 15, 2026 | Feature Article

Sixty years ago, in the early hours of the morning of January 15th 1966, a coup d rsquo;etat took place in Nigeria which ...

Oct 25, 2025 | Feature Article

There is no-one in Nigeria that has spoken up for the rights of Christians, spoken out against Christian marginalisation ...

Oct 5, 2025 | Feature Article

I listened attentively to the words of @billmaher @CNN 39;s @VanJones68 who have both accused Nigeria of indulging in ...

Sep 14, 2025 | Feature Article

Be very wary and suspicious of the people who are already telling us to stop asking questions about the Charlie Kirk as ...

Jul 14, 2025 | Feature Article

How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle....how are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished - 2 Samu ...

Jun 22, 2025 | Feature Article

President Donald Trump, I am constrained to ask you the following question. With respect do you really believe there ...

Jun 15, 2025 | Feature Article

The Islamic Republic of Iran has finally hit back and struck the Jewish state with missiles and drones. This was inevita ...

May 31, 2025 | Feature Article

The name of the man in the picture is General Michael E. Langely. He is an American. He is a General in the U.S. Mar ...

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
Chief Femi Fani-Kayode

David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode is a Nigerian politician, essayist, poet and lawyer. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.. More David Oluwafemi Adewunmi Abdulateef Fani-Kayode // ⓘ(born 16 October 1960) is a Nigerian politician, essayist, poet and lawyer. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was with the opposition's All Progressive Congress (APC) until June 2014 when he returned to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and Although his family lineage originates from Osun, he was born in Lagos, on 16 October 1960 to Chief Remi Fani-Kayode and to Chief (Mrs) Adia Adunni Fani-Kayode. He is an Ile-Ife chieftain of Yoruba descent.

Fani-Kayode was the Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to President Olusegun Obasanjo from July 2003 until June 2006. He was appointed the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 22 June to 7 November 2006 and as the Minister of Aviation from 7 November 2006 to 29 May 2007.