Monday Lines: Fulani, Hausa and Yoruba truths by Lasisi Olagunju
We say in Yoruba that if we do a census of slaves, slaves will be sad. History, an account of facts of the past, is always injurious to the health…
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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: 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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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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Monday Lines: For Nigerian soldiers and judges by Lasisi Olagunju
A gentleman strolled into my office sometime ago and gave his surname as Adamasingba. In my almost thirty years in Ibadan, I had identified the name ‘Adamasingba’ solely with a…
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Monday Lines: Shettima, Kokori: ‘Nigeria Go Better’
By Lasisi Olagunju On the streets of Ibadan, there is an Aisha Suleiman from Kano State begging for alms. The about-22-year-old lady suffered a sudden divorce and everything around her…
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Monday Lines: Abobaku, japa and Tinubu ‘haters’
By LasisiOlagunju “We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it.” I do not know under what condition Bob Dylan wrote that song line. All I…
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