Alaafin: Some Words For King And Chiefs
By Lasisi Olagunju The oba under our law is not a king; he is a chief. That is why the law governing the appointment and removal of the oba and…
Who Will Save Edo PDP From Closing Shop?
By John Mayaki The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State is like a once-proud mansion now overrun by termite. I mean, it’s barely standing and creaking at the beams,…
Fulani, Hausa And Yoruba Truths
Fulani, Hausa And Yoruba Truths By Lasisi Olagunju We say in Yoruba that if we do a census of slaves, slaves will be sad. History, an account of facts of…
Pastor Adeboye, Owners Of Nigeria And 2025
Pastor Adeboye, Owners Of Nigeria And 2025 By Lasisi Olagunju If the elites of the North will not ‘give’ President Bola Tinubu a second term, who told them that the…
Desperate Crowds And Foods Of Death
Desperate Crowds And Foods Of Death By Lasisi Olagunju I died one bright day in 1969 – yes, died; crushed by a motorcyclist. It happened on Ileya Day (Eid el…
‘An Enemy Of The People’
‘An Enemy Of The People’ By Lasisi Olagunju “The water is poisoned! The whole of the water system is tainted and absolutely unusable for its purpose,” Thomas Stockmann, medical doctor,…
Tinubu, Atiku And The Lion’s Share
Tinubu, Atiku And The Lion’s Share By Lasisi Olagunju Adrian Louis is a witness to what popcorn does in a movie theatre. The American poet’s poems are apparently for Nigeria,…
Farotimi: A Trial Of The Supreme Court
Farotimi: A Trial Of The Supreme Court Adeola was a destitute woman with neither a surname nor a known relative who died at 1.15pm on Friday, 29 June, 1888 at…
Mass Murder On River Niger
Mass Murder On River Niger “As of today, the combined efforts of NEMA, Kogi State Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross have recovered 54 bodies. Unfortunately, there was no…
For The Three Musketeers Of Kano
For The Three Musketeers Of Kano An epic poet describes the Fulani hunter as “shepherd of wild animals.” The hunter is also the one “who knows the calm and wild…