On May 25, 2020, George Floyd of Minneapolis repeatedly pleaded for reprieve. “I can’t breathe,” he…
Tag: Lasisi Olagunju
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…
In defence of our president, By Lasisi Olagunju
*Photo: President Bola Tinubu* How rich is Vice President Kashim Shettima? I ask because twice last…
Yoruba’s spirit of resistance,-By Lasisi Olagunju
The king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died.…
For Sanwo-Olu’s Lagos tenants and landlords,- By Lasisi Olagunju
*Photo: Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos * Some 200 years ago, someone could whimsically deport someone…