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 Kelvin Adegbenga I just came across the response of the so-called “Joint Union of the Staff of the Police Service Commission.” I never knew such...
Tunde Odesola His parents named him Edison – after an American – Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb, motion picture camera and the revolutionary music box...
By Suyi Ayodele As the sitting president in 2016, General Muhammadu Buhari told the Emir of Katsina that “It would be foolhardy for someone to just...
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 Suyi Ayodele Marcus Brutus, the villain of William Shakespear’s epic drama, Julius Caesar, poetically defines the emergence of dictators thus: …But ‘tis a common proof,...
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 Suyi Ayodele There can be only one Oba (king) in a palace. That was how our forebears arranged our traditional settings. The saying in Yoruba...
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 Suyi Ayodele Lagos does not have restraints when it comes to spending money. His first name is Nínál’owó (Money is meant to be spent). His...