‘ADC is a mere distraction’
‘ By Lasisi Olagunju Yesterday, someone asked me to give my current impression of that coalition party called the ADC. I asked if the person knew the meaning of the…
Death of world’s nicest judge
By Lasisi Olagunju He was just a municipal court judge in a US city. Some years ago, he was asked: “In your 38 years of sitting on the bench, is…
APC and lessons from Oyo by-election
By Lasisi Olagunju The Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘carcass’ as “the body of a dead animal, especially a large one.” The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was recently described as “a…
Flight attendants and King Wasiu Ayinde’s curse
By Lasisi Olagunju My literature teacher told me that situational irony is a fire station burning down, or a Babaláwo dying of Mágùn. Some 40 years ago, Fuji musician, Wasiu…
David Mark, Dele Giwa, Abiola and other stories
By Lasisi Olagunju Who killed Dele Giwa? Who was Gloria Okon and where is she today? How did David Mark accurately predict in 1994 that Sani Abacha would spend five…
Breaking the Cycle of Poor Leadership in Edo State
By Mike Osaghae In the interest of our state’s betterment, Edo people must learn to take an active role in politics and leadership. We are a land abundantly blessed—with both…
The Body of the Yoruba King
By Lasisi Olagunju Okuku town in present Osun State has a well-recorded history of cultural promotion and preservation. Ulli Beier’s ‘Yoruba Beaded Crowns’ (1982) and Karin Barber’s ‘I Could Speak…
Buhari: A tale of two deaths
By Lasisi Olagunju June 2015, freshly minted President Muhammadu Buhari hosted General Olusegun Obasanjo at the Villa. “Whatever anyone might have done to you in the past, please forgive and…
From the North, ‘a storm is coming’
By Lasisi Olagunju Decades ago, my late mother pointed at a house to me: “Someone in that house once snatched someone’s wife. In the evening, when it was time for…
Let Tehran, Tel Aviv bleed, Abuja will Pay the Price
By Lasisi Olagunju A tree does not fall in the forest and kill someone at home. That proverb may be true one hundred years ago. It has expired; its truth…