Lasisi Olagunju

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…

Bisi Akande and Nigeria’s Last Puritan

There is a huge noise over Chief Bisi Akande's autobiography released on Thursday, December 9,…

For Oga Folu Olamiti at 70

By Lasisi Olagunju "The bearer is from me, pls give him adequate audience" was the…

Nigeria Customs of death

By Lasisi Olagunju Grand ancestor of Nollywood, Ayinla Olumegbon's 'Wole Wole Arufin' (The Lawless Sanitary…

The cats in Igboho’s house

By Lasisi Olagunju IT was in Hubert Ogunde’s ‘Jayesinmi’ that we last saw witches transforming…

El-Rufai goes to law school

By Lasisi Olagunju I have this Igbo friend whom I call Omo Oduduwa. He speaks…