‘We collected money, and we voted’,- By Lasisi Olagunju

Nigeria is a ring of iniquity. And, the iniquitous didn’t start with it today. For several…

Tribune at 75: A bouquet of stories,-By Lasisi Olagunju

It happened that the NCNC-controlled Ibadan District Council (IDC) under the chairmanship of Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu…

Security Sector: Olagunju, Dare, and Nepotism in Appointments,-By Yushau A. Shuaib

*Photo: President Bola Tinubu* _”If certain groups are deemed untrustworthy for critical appointments, how can they,…

Petrol price as slow poison,- By Lasisi Olagunju

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd of Minneapolis repeatedly pleaded for reprieve. “I can’t breathe,” he…

Rivers: Beyond Wike and Fubara,-By Lasisi Olagunju

Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells…

Poverty, professors, and policy,-By Lasisi Olagunju

There was a time in this country when professors earned more than federal permanent secretaries. That…

We beg bread, they belch beer,- By Lasisi Olagunju

Are Nigerians hungry because they’ve been drinking too much free beer and now the brewery is…

‘Those who are about to die salute you’,- By Lasisi Olagunju

From William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist, I got a Yoruba story. It is here retold,…

Marriage, Yes; Education, No,- By Lasisi Olagunju

At 89, old age has confined Dr. Omololu Olunloyo to the wheelchair, but he remains as…

Destiny and enemies of the state,- By Lasisi Olagunju

Nothing we do or say now will change Nigeria unless it turns back from its present…