By Lasisi Olagunju The University of Ibadan is 75 years old. Chief Bisi Akande celebrated his 85th birthday on January 16 this year. He was made...
By Lasisi Olagunju “A large percentage of them are from Niger Republic, Mali, and Chad.” The six South-West states are being overrun by an army of...
By Lasisi Olagunju The Japanese national anthem is a one-stanza song known as Kimigayo; its English translation approximates ‘The Reign of Our Emperor’. The worth of...
By Lasisi Olagunju Today, those whose ancestors snatched Kano are fighting each other over the city and their spoils. The Yoruba would look at their drama...
By Lasisi Olagunju A minister suffered severe abuse and reprimand from the elites of the North last week because she asked the North to choose mass...
By Lasisi Olagunju I do not believe that the president of any country will deliberately wreck everything. Their problem may be arrogance or ignorance – or...
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...