For Yoruba Muslims and Pentecostals
In this essay on Yoruba Muslims and Pentecostals, Dr Lasisi Olagunju, journalist, editor, and public…
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Flying gods, lying prophets and power bandits
In May, 1891, James Richard Jewett of Brown University, Providence, United States, presented a paper…
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FG’s N90 billion Hajj politics
From Lagos, one Ayinde Salihu wrote to the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the…
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Nigeria vs South Africa: Beyond football
Sports, especially football, have opiatic effects on Nigerians. I call it kinetic booze. The ongoing…
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Oba of Benin, ancestors and Lagos
I sympathise with both sides in the controversy that has followed Oba of Benin's claim…
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Mike Adenuga and the Ijebu spirit
It was almost a missed call; or, more appropriately, an ignored call because the telephone…
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The scramble for Lagos
By Lasisi Olagunju If you were in Western Nigeria in the 1980s, you would remember…
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Yoruba elders and Ulli Beier’s dog
Ibadan of 1914 witnessed the founding of a club with a very unique name: Egbé…
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Nigerians Shouldn’t Ignore Warning By Sanusi and Danjuma
Like Sanusi, General Theophilus Danjuma on Saturday also repeated what he said three years ago:…
1 year ago
Akeredolu and Katsina’s AK-47 trainees
Nigeria is ineluctably rolling towards its destiny; it is approaching its final destination. That was…
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