‘Teacher of Light’ is the title of a biography of Chinua Achebe written by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala…
Tag: Lasisi Olagunju
A minister’s message to me,- By Lasisi Olagunju
“You may forward this to him to reflect on…if he’s redeemable!” A Tinubu minister from the…
On El-Rufai, Aláròká and terrorists,- By Lasisi Olagunju
Why did Bola Tinubu offend Nasir El-Rufai? He should have kept him. There are three principalities…
Ooni, Alaafin and Yoruba’s endless war
*Photo L-R: Ooni of Ife and Alaafin of Oyo * By Lasisi Olagunju A race of…
Flight attendants and King Wasiu Ayinde’s curse,-By Lasisi Olagunju
*Photo: Wasiu Ayinde* My literature teacher told me that situational irony is a fire station burning…
The body of the Yoruba king,- By Lasisi Olagunju
Okuku town in present Osun State has a well-recorded history of cultural promotion and preservation. Ulli…
From the North, ‘a storm is coming’,- By Lasisi Olagunju
Decades ago, my late mother pointed at a house to me: “Someone in that house once…
Let Tehran, Tel Aviv bleed, Abuja will pay the price,-By Lasisi Olagunju
A tree does not fall in the forest and kill someone at home. That proverb may…
Òkòlò, our president’s mad lover ,-By Lasisi Olagunju
Who knows Òkòlò in Oyo? Òkòlò was a Tapa (Nupe) and a slave of the Alaafin…
Ijebu and their six tubers of yam,- By Lasisi Olagunju
*Photo: Lasisi Olagunju* One of the first jokes I picked when I moved to Ibadan 30…