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