Lasisi Olagunju

Mike Adenuga and the Ijebu spirit

It was almost a missed call; or, more appropriately, an ignored call because the telephone…

The scramble for Lagos

By Lasisi Olagunju If you were in Western Nigeria in the 1980s, you would remember…

Yoruba elders and Ulli Beier’s dog

Ibadan of 1914 witnessed the founding of a club with a very unique name: Egbé…

Nigerians Shouldn’t Ignore Warning By Sanusi and Danjuma

Like Sanusi, General Theophilus Danjuma on Saturday also repeated what he said three years ago:…

Akeredolu and Katsina’s AK-47 trainees

Nigeria is ineluctably rolling towards its destiny; it is approaching its final destination. That was…

2023: Remembering Obafemi Awolowo

Today is the 35th anniversary of the transition of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. A…

Kaduna attacks and the grave costs of silence

By Lasisi Olagunju A nation goes irretrievably bad when bad things happen and the powerful…

Kyari: Some tears for Nigeria Police

By Lásisi Olagunju There was a man in London 300 years ago called Jonathan Wild.…

Let’s take our President to Mummy G.O

By Lasisi Olagunju Once upon a time, I got a book gift from Charly Boy.…

A critique of Bisi Akande’s ‘My Participations’

By Lasisi Olagunju (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 December, 2021) 'The Man…