By Lasisi Olagunju Mr Donald Trump and his Generals are buckling their armour to wipe out terrorists who kill Christians in Nigeria. “I am hereby instructing...
By Lasisi Olagunju Respect old age. A “strictly by invitation” conclave of Yoruba cardinals sat for two days last week, not in the traditional capital, Ibadan,...
By Lasisi Olagunju When Christopher Columbus met the Tanio people in today’s Bahamas in 1492, he handed them a sword, they grasped it by the blade...
By Lasisi Olagunju In mid-19th-century Ibadan, military expeditions under Balogun Ibikunle were so successful in slave-catching that by 1859, the city was gripped in the apprehension...
By Lasisi Olagunju ‘Teacher of Light’ is the title of a biography of Chinua Achebe written by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Tijan Sallah. What does it mean...
By Lasisi Olagunju You know where the latest anti-government journalists are in Lagos? Kirikiri. On a day that Nigerians were celebrating an additional spur of 100...
By Lasisi Olagunju General Lucky Irabor wrote a book that attracted a gathering of Generals in Abuja last Friday. Irabor, in the book, describes the January...
By Lasisi Olagunju In February 2025, Daily Trust quoted him as saying: “I’ve been fighting battles all my life and I have not lost one yet.”...
By Lasisi Olagunju In the early 1940s, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the hugely popular Sardauna of Sokoto, found himself at a crossroads of politics and rivalry. After...
By Lasisi Olagunju In ‘Jokes and Targets’ by Christie Davies, a Soviet journalist interviews a Chukchi man: “Could you tell us briefly how you lived before...