By Suyi Ayodele He was meant to be second-in-command to the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland; in reality, he was the town’s de facto ruler. Ògèdèngbé Agbógungbórò...
By Lasisi Olagunju Alhaji Shehu Shagari first met General Murtala Mohammed in August 1974. Newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Communications, Murtala, wrote a memo for cabinet...
Tunde Odesola Friday, February, 13, 1976: A libidinous soldier, Lieutenant-Colonel Buka Suka Dimka, waited in ambush for a black Mercedes-Benz, counting down to the zero hour,...
By Suyi Ayodele Chief Whip Senator Monguno, moved the motion to sustain the old Electoral Act; Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, hurriedly seconded it. The...
By Lasisi Olagunju I wanted to find out who the greatest massager in history was, but the Internet told me history keeps no such Hall of...
By Lasisi Olagunju The headline came quietly, harmlessly on Thursday: ‘Senate wants more revenues for FG, moves to alter allocation formula.’ The report said the Senate...
Festus Adedayo I am reading a copy of Marcel Dirsus’ How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. A 2024 non-fiction book, in it, Dirsus examines historical...
Tunde Odesola Once upon a time, long before brazenness dissolved into the air inhaled by youths, Àkèré, the son of Onítùre, was a prince in an...
By Suyi Ayodele Anyone who falls and does not want people to talk about it had better not fall like a man I know did, years...
By Lasisi Olagunju One sad Monday in June last year (2025), I wrote in passing about the perils of fibroid and the ruin it does to...