By Suyi Ayodele At his coronation as the Deji of Akure, an old man, according to the legend, was asked to choose a regnal name. Being...
By Lasisi Olagunju At the Alaafin’s Garden Hall in Oyo on 6 November, 1934, Alaafin Siyanbola Ladigbolu held a storming meeting with the Resident of Oyo...
By Festus Adedayo What hunters see in the forest is enough to make children of men without balls blind. Ọláníyì Ọládèj̣ọ Yáwóọ̣ré had gone hunting one...
Tunde Odesola Bewildered by the riddle life was unravelling, King Sunny Ade, in 1974, lifted his voice in a plaintive cry, “È sú biri-biri kè bó...
By Israel Adebiyi If there was ever a time Nigeria needed her rich and powerful to rise beyond boardrooms, political godfatherism, gated estates, and opulent lifestyles,...
By Suyi Ayodele “Dear Ajanlekoko Oriojobi Samuel (real name withheld), Reg Number: 2125512372451F. 2025 UTME Result: Underaged and Under-Performed.” With the above terse message from the...
By Lasisi Olagunju The enemy is behind everything that happens to anyone here. In electronics and computing, a glitch is an unexpected software or hardware malfunction....
By Lasisi Olagunju In Yoruba, there is a proverb: “Ojú l’arí, ọ̀rẹ́ ò dé ‘nú” — literally it means ‘we only see the face; friendship does...
By Festus Adedayo In May, 2016, a young man got abducted by three men. They drugged him and gouged out his two eyes and testicles. According...
Tunde Odesola With three horizontal lines on each side of his mulatto cheeks complementing the three vertical lines on his forehead, the abaja tribal marks beautifying...