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…

The road Emefiele took – By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo: Emefiele* In the end, we realise that nothing really belongs to us; not power, not…

Tinubu, fix the North, embrace the East – By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo: Tinubu * There is a road in Canada that is officially known as ‘Road to…

Buhari in eight years – By Lasisi Olagunju

*Photo: Buhari* Exactly one week from today, Muhammadu Buhari will stop being our president; his place…

The wreck in Adamawa – By Lasisi Olagunju

There are books and films on the life and times of Efunsetan Aniwura, the second Iyalode…

The terrorists are back – By Lasisi Olagunju

My mystery Hausa friend has been busy with me lately. He has been firing a series…

Encounter with a prophet – By Lasisi Olagunju

Like Nigeria’s multiple-award winning poet, Professor Niyi Osundare, I am also “farmer-born, peasant-bred.” Like him, I…

The scramble for Lagos, – By Lasisi Olagunju

The Igbo have elective rights but they are very provocative in this Lagos thing. I watched…

Surviving 2023 – By Lasisi Olagunju

“How can they change to a currency that is not in circulation?” my friend asked me.…