Wike and Abuja’s corn sellers,- By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo: Wike * The only reason the poor have not started eating the rich in Nigeria…

Ìsèse Day and Tinubu’s headache, – By Lasisi Olagunju

Today’s Yorubaland is a very reluctant part of Nigeria. But it is also the most conflicted…

For Oga Biodun Oduwole at 70

*Photo: Oduwole* By Lasisi Olagunju Some 28 years, three months ago, I sauntered into Tribune House,…

With ECOWAS, not all dictators are equal, – By Lasisi Olagunju

The Jerusalem Post is arguably Israel’s most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper. Last Wednesday,…

Niger’s war of blood and water , – By Lasisi Olagunju

One of the bitter lessons Bola Tinubu may have learnt in his abortive war against Niger…

The Afonja in Niger Republic, – By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo:General Abdourahamane Tchiani, Niger’s coup leader* Six contiguous states across Africa, from Guinea on the Atlantic…

Tinubu’s pig metaphor,- By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo: Tinubu* Our president has charm. “Charm is seduction without sex,” says Robert Greene, author of…

Ibadan and its 12 kings – By Lasisi Olagunju

Ile Ife and Oyo Ile were at the very core of the cultural and political essence…

On El-Rufai’s axe and Nkrumah’s letter – By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo: El-Rufai* Immediate past Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, recently waxed proverbial and made a Facebook…

Asari Dokubo in Aso Rock Villa-By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo L-R: Dokubo, Tinubu* In 1948, Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, thought of the best…