By Lasisi Olagunju Some 15 years ago, millions of poor Nigerians were conned into borrowing to…
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Islam:Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram,- By Lasisi Olagunju
The United Arab Emirates has just held its Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Our president was there.…
Dangerous Journalism: A review of Ismail Omipidan’s ‘Persona non Grata’ by LASISI OLAGUNJU
Strange things happen all over the world. In the Autumn of 1946, Muna Lee, a poet…
Alaafin:Some words for king and chiefs,- By Lasisi Olagunju
The oba under our law is not a king; he is a chief. That is why…
Borgu, Northern Nigeria, and Yoruba History,- By Farooq A. Kperogi
*Photo: Farooq A. Kperogi* My December 21, 2024, column titled “Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient…
Fulani, Hausa and Yoruba truths,- By Lasisi Olagunju
We say in Yoruba that if we do a census of slaves, slaves will be sad.…
Pastor Adeboye, owners of Nigeria and 2025,- By Lasisi Olagunju
If the elites of the North will not ‘give’ President Bola Tinubu a second term, who…
Desperate crowds and foods of death,- By Lasisi Olagunju
I died one bright day in 1969 – yes, died; crushed by a motorcyclist. It happened…
For the three musketeers of Kano,- By Lasisi Olagunju
An epic poet describes the Fulani hunter as “shepherd of wild animals.” The hunter is also…
Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ rumour
*Photo: Dr. Mike Adenuga By Lasisi Olagunju There is the legend of a newspaper journalist who…