Lasisi Olagunju
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in OpinionSaluting our permanent patriarchs
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Respect old age. A “strictly by invitation” conclave of Yoruba cardinals sat for two days last week, not in the traditional capital, Ibadan, but in aged Akure, Ondo State. They took the masquerade to the eastern ancestral grove and had it costumed there. […] More
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in Opinion
Trump’s wrath of Oedipus
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Mr Donald Trump and his Generals are buckling their armour to wipe out terrorists who kill Christians in Nigeria. “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet…” the […] More
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For Ganduje and Kabiyesi
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 30 June 2025). Useful Abdullahi Ganduje kissed the canvas on Friday. Many more will go his way. His fall was the wish of his maker, the king: cold, calculating, ruthless. Ganduje said he resigned as APC […] More
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For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday 14 April, 2025). “As an Offa citizen, I am made to look like an inferior being. While competing for anything in the North, I would be told that I am a Yoruba man. If there is […] More
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Lugard: 80 Years After
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 April 2025) On 9 June 1913, Lord Friedrick Lugard minuted on a document that Lagos “could never be made a healthy place.” It was his reaction to a proposed sewage scheme estimated to cost £186,000. […] More
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Omololu Olunloyo: An egret flies home
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 7 April 2025) If he had lived one more week, he would have defeated himself. When he turned 87 three years ago, I told him we would celebrate his 90th very big in 2025. He replied […] More
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Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised?
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 3 February 2025) Each time we hear or read outsiders say they are fighting for Yoruba Muslims, some of us (Yoruba Muslims) laugh. Who told them that we cannot fight our war ourselves – if there […] More
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Islam: Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 January 2025). The United Arab Emirates has just held its Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Our president was there. A part of that event was the World Future Energy Summit which ended on Thursday last week. […] More
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Desperate Crowds and Foods of Death
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 23 December 2024). I died one bright day in 1969 – yes, died: crushed by a motorcyclist. It happened on Ileya Day (Eid el Kabir) in my hometown. I did not know, and still do not […] More
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in Opinion
Taxing hunger in Iregba
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 May 2024) I do not believe that the president of any country will deliberately wreck everything. Their problem may be arrogance or ignorance – or arrogance in ignorance. Or they may be worshipping wrong gods […] More
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in Opinion
Petrol pains, wilderness wanderings
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 6 May 2024) A young taxi driver sat on the bonnet of his car some years ago thoroughly frustrated by Nigeria’s unending petrol mess. A television reporter asked him to speak on his experience in that […] More
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Helen Paul and Other Bastardy Stories
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 November 2023) Everyone has a history; how you act and tell your story defines you. Ace comedian and celebrity, Helen Paul, trended wildly last week. Men and women with very difficult beginnings should seek out […] More
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