Tunde Odesola Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t born in a manger to a carpenter father and a virgin mother. His father was a soldier who fought in Angola...
By Suyi Ayodele A man in search of good fortune once approached the village diviner for directions. After casting the divination seeds, the diviner told the...
Tunde Odesola The wine from the palm tree intoxicates the gourd in Iwo. Explaining the meaning of Oduduwa, the first ruler of Ile-Ife, the Oluwo says...
Please tell me where to keep your bribe? Do I drop it in your venerable chambers Or carry the heavy booty to your immaculate mansion Shall...
By Suyi Ayodele My first beat, in 1999, as a reporter in the Nigerian Tribune, was the office of the wife of Oyo State Governor. The...
Tunde Odesola The pig – washed off mud, slaughtered, cut up and cooked – becomes pork. Spiced with condiments and spread over a barbecue fire, its...
By Nnimmo Bassey The recently concluded 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt,...
By Suyi Ayodele Olodumare, the Almighty, sent Obatala down to Earth to create land from the water that filled everywhere. Obatala set to work, assisted by...
Tunde Odesola Welcome to Ìwó, the ancient Yoruba land where the parrot sings in paradox the poetry of truth and treachery. The parrot is not a...
By Suyi Ayodele There was a Second Republic politician, a stark illiterate, who played a prominent role in helping a particular government to power. He was...