By Tony Erha “Okuo na hon y’ oto ighi gb’ adowe”. A war foretold does not consume the lame; echoes a Benin idiom. What started as...
Tunde Odesola After a five-week break, I’m back at my desk, thankfully. Where the heck did I go? I went to the Land of Moriah. Tunde...
By Suyi Ayodele “When I set out to join the race to become the Olubadan, I was focusing on how to become the Olubadan and the...
By Lasisi Olagunju In February 2025, Daily Trust quoted him as saying: “I’ve been fighting battles all my life and I have not lost one yet.”...
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....