By Lasisi Olagunju Where witches contend and exchange punches, mere men do not stand by to watch. But part of the job of a journalist is...
Tunde Odesola Like humans, words have birthplaces. Russia is the birthplace of the word troika. In the once-upon-a-communist-but-now-a-democratic-capitalist country, troika means ‘a group of three’. The...
By Suyi Ayodele May the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, live long on the throne of his fathers. But, how about my illustrious Ijebu...
by Lasisi Olagunju President Bola Tinubu gave our country’s Minister of Defence and Minister of State, Defence to the North; he gave the North Minister of...
Tunde Odesola There’s no god-like mother, orisa bi iya kosi. A praying mother for that matter. Eyes shut wide in her bowed head, brow sweats as...
By Lasisi Olagunju An oba is put on the throne to keep “the bush at bay.” Collectively and individually, the successful oba is praised as “so’gbó...
By Fortune Ehis In the heart of Edo State’s political arena, a high-stakes chess game is unfolding, and former Governor Adams Oshiomhole is making his moves...
Tunde Odesola This is the citation of Èsù, the Yoruba god of protection, benevolence, chief enforcer and messenger between heaven and earth: Èsù Láàlú, ògiri òkò,...
By Lasisi Olagunju Opeyemi Bamidele was the candidate of the Labour Party in the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State. He thought he had...
Tunde Odesola It’s evening yet on Creation Day in Odò ọbà, the Land of the prized Parrots, where the Lion complained about not having a crown...