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...
By Lasisi Olagunju A colleague yesterday shared a 1992 campaign video of Chief M.K.O. Abiola promising to demystify governance in Nigeria and stop “people’s heads” from...
By Lasisi Olagunju The last premier of the Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, asked his guest what the town was saying. The guest told him...
By Lasisi Olagunju Sports, especially football, have opiatic effects on Nigerians. I call it kinetic booze. The ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football competition has...
By Lasisi Olagunju If we take the Central Bank of Nigeria to Sokoto, will that translate to wellness for the seat of the caliphate? The Central...
By Lasisi Olagunju A gentleman strolled into my office sometime ago and gave his surname as Adamasingba. In my almost thirty years in Ibadan, I had...
Some cabinet members went to Western Region premier, Samuel Ladoke Akintola, to complain about the corruption of one of their colleagues. They said the man was...
By Lasisi Olagunju Ahmadu Rabah was 28 years old in 1938 when he made a very strong bid for the Sultanate of Sokoto. He lost the...
Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has lauded the Editor, Saturday Tribune, Dr Lasisi Olagunju, on his winning the Ahmed Onibudo Informed Commentary Award at the...
By Lasisi Olagunju “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed,...