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 Festus Adedayo Ibadan, Oyo State, the city of warriors, quaked last Friday. The rumbling vibrations of the historic coronation of Ex-Governor Rashidi Ladoja as Olubadan...
By Israel Adebiyi Power is a strange thing. To some, it is a crown that dazzles; to others, it is a sword that conquers. Yet history,...
By Suyi Ayodele The photograph is graphic. The message is obvious. The semiotics are unmistaken. A bandit in military fatigue sits comfortably. On his lap is...
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...
By Festus Adedayo Three Nigerian “witches” just got beaten by a midnight downpour. They are, Siminalayi Fubara, Nyesom Wike and Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in ascending order....
By Israel Adebiyi I had tried, for months, to keep this subject at arm’s length. After all, The Nation’s Pulse has, by tradition, stuck its gaze...
By Suyi Ayodele Edo State Migration Agency last Thursday paraded two female minors who were rescued in Zaria, Kaduna State, on their way to Libya. The...
By Lasisi Olagunju “You may forward this to him to reflect on…if he’s redeemable!” A Tinubu minister from the South-West sent this message to a respected,...
By Lasisi Olagunju I was an undergraduate in Ife on Friday, 23 January, 1987 when the statue of Oduduwa was commissioned at the Oduduwa Hall. Several...