Category: Opinion

By Kelly Odaro However, while this decision may appear progressive on the surface, it raises critical concerns regarding Nigeria’s peculiar socio-political landscape, where corruption and abuse of power remain rampant…

By Lasisi Olagunju “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” A Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos would not vacate his seat for anyone…

By Lasisi Olagunju The English language is a compulsive borrower; a great debtor. It borrows any word that catches its fancy anyhow and from anywhere. From Ancient Rome, the Englishman…

By Lasisi Olagunju “Possibly he cohabited with Miss Bloggs, but don’t mention it in front of his wife, let the sleeping dogs lie.” Gordon Jarvie’s ‘Dictionary of Idioms’ contains that…

By Lasisi Olagunju There is a royal family in Lagos called Oniru. In the earliest times when there was no Lagos and Eko knew its boundaries, that family owned all…

By Lasisi Olagunju In his column last Saturday, my friend and brother, Farooq Kperogi, reminisced his previous piece on unusual Muslim names in Nigeria which do not “seem to have…

By Funke Egbemode It is very easy to find a woman to marry; what is not easy to find is money to cook soup. That is not a proverb acceptable…

By Lasisi Olagunju It happened one sunny day in mid-May 2003. I was preparing to go to the office around noon when Tayo, the editor’s secretary, called me. “Mr Olagunju,…

By Lasisi Olagunju Each time we hear or read outsiders say they are fighting for Yoruba Muslims, some of us (Yoruba Muslims) laugh. Who told them that we cannot fight…

By Lasisi Olagunju Two major projects were announced in Abuja last week: a polytechnic and a military barracks. Both were named after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I thought the president…