By Lasisi Olagunju A young taxi driver sat on the bonnet of his car some years ago thoroughly frustrated by Nigeria’s unending petrol mess. A television...
By Lasisi Olagunju “When you reach home, tell my mother, Say it was a boa that his son transformed into And never returned home.” The actor...
By Lasisi Olagunju The audience at the 1903 (third year) lecture of the Royal African Society in London listened with rapt attention as African nationalist, Dr....
By Lasisi Olagunju In May, 1891, James Richard Jewett of Brown University, Providence, United States, presented a paper on ‘Arabic Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases’ to the...
By Lasisi Olagunju From Lagos, one Ayinde Salihu wrote to the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Region, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, on 19 January,...
By Lasisi Olagunju I have a very senior police officer friend whose nickname is Ambush. On the front of my friend’s left shoulder is an ugly...
By Lasisi Olagunju On October 29, 1974, the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, through the Ministry of External Affairs, wrote to Nigerian missions and embassies abroad that...
By Lasisi Olagunju “What is the State?” Louis Blanc, politician and historian in 19th century France, asks himself. He answers: “The State, under democratic rule, is...
By Lasisi Olagunju Wise old Tortoise sat his children down. “My dear ones, two things are essential for your growth and wellbeing in life: Always tell...
By Lasisi Olagunju Preparatory to his exit from power last year, President Muhammadu Buhari warned all of us to let him be after office: “Nobody should...