
By Lasisi Olagunju President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned over the weekend, swagger intact, despite his tumble in Turkey. His face was calm; his steps steady. His...

SUBÚ-seré? Poetic licence gave me the indulgence of the above headlining. It is a broad, idiomatic expression whose surface is barely scraped by words like “tumbling”...

Tunde Odesola Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and...

By Suyi Ayodele The celebrated British author, Jeffrey Archer, on July 4, 1993, published a bestseller titled Honour Among Thieves. The novel takes its roots from...

By Lasisi Olagunju The Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘Wizkid’ as “a young person who is very clever and successful.” Collins Dictionary defines it as “a person...

By Festus Adedayo In perhaps his most famous song after dying in a car crash in 1971, Cardinal Rex Lawson, Kalabari highlife soulful singer of the...

By Embassy-Oseni Momodu Prof. David Easton’s iconic definition of politics as the authoritative allocation of values finds interpretative expression in the unfolding political drama in Rivers...

By Lasisi Olagunju He was my friend and gist mate. I remember I was right on the Asejire Bridge on the Ife-Ibadan Road when his very...

By Lasisi Olagunju On Monday, 25 March, 1946, Chief I. B. Akinyele, Chief James Ladejo Ogunsola, Messrs D. T. Akinbiyi and E. A. Sanda, the very...

Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, Minister of Education in the First Republic, under Tafawa Balewa, and Minister of Justice under Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Queen Counsel and one...