Those who are about to die salute you’ by Lasisi Olagunju
From William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist, I got a Yoruba story. It is here retold, substantially in my own words, in some areas using his words: A certain Chief…
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Monday Lines: Reps’ drunkard democracy by Lasisi Olagunju
I had thought that our lawmakers in Abuja cared only for big cars, big bucks and big boobs. I never knew they also have deep love for alcohol – dry…
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Monday Lines: Sending Ooni of Ife to Tinubu by Lasisi Olagunju
One day, I will have the courage to ask the immaculate Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, how he feels each time he travels on the horrible Ibadan-Ife road. Ben…
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Monday Lines: Murder and vengeance in Okuama by Lasisi Olagunju
I have a very senior police officer friend whose nickname is Ambush. On the front of my friend’s left shoulder is an ugly scar. At the back of the shoulder…
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Monday Lines: Adesina and Nigeria’s fatal abduction by Lasisi Olagunju
“What is the State?” Louis Blanc, politician and historian in 19th century France, asks himself. He answers: “The State, under democratic rule, is the power of all the people, served…
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Monday Lines: Kumuyi, Tortoise and looters of noodles-Lasisi Olagunju
Wise old Tortoise sat his children down. “My dear ones, two things are essential for your growth and wellbeing in life: Always tell the truth, and never ever take whatever…
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Monday Lines: Our president’s love affair with the IMF by Lasisi Olagunju
A colleague yesterday shared a 1992 campaign video of Chief M.K.O. Abiola promising to demystify governance in Nigeria and stop “people’s heads” from being “shaved in their absence.” A professor…
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Non-Aligned Movement and Nigeria’s quest for equal access to capital
By Tunde Rahman Is the Non-Aligned Movement still around? Is the organisation still in existence? That was the weighty question Professor Ikechukwu Okoro, a visually impaired Nigerian and Iowa State…
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Monday Lines: Ibadan blast, Makinde and federalism by Lasisi Olagunju
Mr Youssouf Sawane, a Malian money-maker, leads miners from Mali in Oyo State. He was asked by the Nigerian Tribune how much his group was paying into the coffers of…
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In eight months of Tinubu administration , Nigeria’s stock market leads the world by Bayo Onanuga
The Nigerian economy is looking good in some sectors. This is not a harebrained assessment, despite the high inflation and the unstable exchange rate of the Naira. Those who doubt…
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