By Lasisi Olagunju There was a time in this country when professors earned more than federal permanent secretaries. That was before Nigeria happened to itself. A...
By Lasisi Olagunju Are Nigerians hungry because they’ve been drinking too much free beer and now the brewery is bankrupt? I ask because President Bola Ahmed...
By Lasisi Olagunju I always wonder why it appears difficult for President Bola Tinubu to defeat banditry in Nigeria. The president’s most popular chieftaincy title is...
By Lasisi Olagunju From William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist, I got a Yoruba story. It is here retold, substantially in my own words, in some...
By Lasisi Olagunju At 89, old age has confined Dr. Omololu Olunloyo to the wheelchair, but he remains as sharp as he was 29 years ago...
By Lasisi Olagunju How rich is Vice President Kashim Shettima? I ask because twice last week, the big man from Borno described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
By Lasisi Olagunju Some 200 years ago, someone could whimsically deport someone from a part of this country to another. It happened to Madam Efunroye Tinubu...
By Lasisi Olagunju The king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died. At a point in time, there was...
By Lasisi Olagunju They did what locusts do to farms. They spared almost nothing. They ate road slabs, pilfered roofs and stole ceilings. They attacked and...
By Lasisi Olagunju Nigeria is a drama, an entertainment. Listen to the ‘Wahala’ singer, Portable, as he wonders why anyone would want him to join this...