By Lasisi Olagunju In a democracy, victory won through real elections brings enduring legitimacy. ‘On Your Mandate We Shall Stand’ was composed and sung for Moshood...
By Lasisi Olagunju “Where you have a warrior culture, you have heroes.” That is how the unusual character of Ibadan is explained on page 856 of...
By Lasisi Olagunju “Even a corpse put in a coffin will defeat Tinubu in 2027.” ADC chieftain and northern politician, Buba Galadima, gave that promise at...
By Lasisi Olagunju War commanders die cheap deaths; farmers are murdered on their farms, traders in their shops, landlords vanish on their lands, tenants in their...
By Lasisi Olagunju Anyone who has watched a hunting party in action will understand what is going on. What we have is a hunting expedition: beaters...
By Lasisi Olagunju “They chased us away from our farms. We thought it would soon be over. Now, they have also chased us away from our...
By Lasisi Olagunju It is either Nasir El-Rufai is a very lucky man, or he is a very strong man. He was arrested by his friends,...
By Lasisi Olagunju I begin with Game of Thrones, a world not far removed from ours, where power, wealth, and revenge are the true currencies of...
By Lasisi Olagunju Three politicians—America, Britain, and Nigeria—died in a stampede over oil, influence, and global validation. In the afterlife, they were received by Angel Gabriel,...
By Lasisi Olagunju A mother sits her son beside her, looks into his eyes and tells him: “Son, listen to me carefully. I want to tell...