Olusegun Fakoya
Dr Olusegun Fakoya is a physician, teacher, writer and socio-political commentator residing in the UK.
Articles by this Author
Africa: Child Abuse and Persecution of Children
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 11/19/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
The traditional African belief and attitude to children has been successfully fractured by those who have deliberately perverted traditional belief and infused it with a distorted dose of Christianity...
Nigeria: The Health, Economic and Social Menace of Smoking
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 10/7/2008
- Health
- Unrated
From available information, it appears as if the Federal Capital Territory remains the only part of Nigeria conscious of the harmful effects of smoking. The recent prohibition of smoking in public places remains a commendable step but actions are still necessary to combat the monster...
Randy Masaba – Questions Arising
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 09/25/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
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)
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 09/18/2008
- Religion & Philosophy
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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)
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 09/6/2008
- Religion & Philosophy
- Unrated
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
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 09/1/2008
- Africa & World
- Unrated
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
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 08/27/2008
- Religion & Philosophy
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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)
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 08/23/2008
- Life Abroad
- Unrated
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
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 08/18/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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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
- By Olusegun Fakoya
- Published 08/18/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
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...
