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Tinubu, fix the North, embrace the East By Lasisi Olagunju, There is a road in Canada that is officially known as ‘Road to Nowhere’. Road signs there say so. At the terminal point of that road is virtually nothing apart from an access to a shooting range and a gated …

Seun Kuti’s double-edged slap By Tunde Odesola   The stunned policeman, whose left cheek Seun Anikulapo-Kuti sandpapered on the lagoon last Saturday, didn’t turn the right cheek. I know why. He feared losing his eardrum and, or a couple of teeth.   Seun doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ and His …

HFDI to Begin Ebi-Alayo in Kwara Communities, Trains Facilitators By Abisola Ariwodola,   In its resolve of providing support to women, vulnerable children, youths and persons with disability, Hope for Family Development Initiative will begin a family-oriented project tagged Ebi-Alayo.   This is as the organization as part of strategies …

The Wreck in Adamawa By Lasisi Olagunju,   There are books and films on the life and times of Efunsetan Aniwura, the second Iyalode of Ibadan. She was rich, powerful and cold-hearted. Her success as a woman; her manly carriage and ruthlessness made her a perfect mark for envy and …

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT, ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU By Adedayo Oderinu,   Dear Mr. President-in-Waiting, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,   I do hope this open letter meets you well if, hopefully, it reaches your table one way or the other. I hope, with some burning faith, that you get …

Encounter with a Prophet By Lasisi Olagunju, Like Nigeria’s multiple-award winning poet, Professor Niyi Osundare, I am also “farmer-born, peasant-bred.” Like him, I “encountered dawn in the enchanted corridors of the forest.” A powerful pastor once came to our village with drums and flutes. It was supposed to be a …

Yoruba rascals and Igbo idiots (1) Tunde Odesola,   Was. Is. Will. The spellbinding sight of the throne would blush King Solomon green with envy. With a grin, the elephant walked majestically towards the throne, swishing his tail as his tree-trunk legs embossed map-like footprints in the brown earth.   …

Elections: Lessons from Oyo to Nigeria By Lasisi Olagunju,   “The ides of March are come,” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says in utter derision and dismissal of a life-and-death warning. And the soothsayer replies “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.” And truly, they were not gone. The 2023 elections should be over …

OSUN 8TH ASSEMBLY AND FOUR CRITICAL TASKS AHEAD OF IT By Adedayo Oderinu,   The 8th Assembly of the Osun State House of Assembly will be inaugurated sometimes in June 2023 to begin a 4-year legislative journey. The people of Osun, having spoken on the 18th of March through the …

The Uncommon Electoral Victor: Governor Adeleke and Osun PDP By Oluwaseyi Adeniyi,   When the journey started in 2017, members, leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tongue-lashed Ademola Adeleke. They referred to him as a jester, dancer and block headed enigma, who knows nothing about politics and governance.   …