Monday Lines: Protestant Greeks in Abuja
Monday Lines: Protestant Greeks in Abuja By Lasisi Olagunju, An old friend reviewed the ways of this government and said he thought Bola Tinubu...
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Ilorin and Dan Fodio’s deadstock
Ilorin and Dan Fodio’s deadstock By Lasisi Olagunju Justice Ibrahim Kolapo Gambari, JCA became the Emir of Ilorin in August 1995 and decreed the...
‘The Reign of Our Emperor’
‘The Reign of Our Emperor’ By Lasisi Olagunju The Japanese national anthem is a one-stanza song known as Kimigayo; its English translation approximates ‘The Reign...
Petrol pains, wilderness wanderings
Petrol pains, wilderness wanderings By Lasisi Olagunju, A young taxi driver sat on the bonnet of his car some years ago thoroughly frustrated by...
Sending Ooni of Ife to Tinubu
Sending Ooni of Ife to Tinubu By Lasisi Olagunju, One day, I will have the courage to ask the immaculate Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan...
Between Mike Adenuga and Prometheus
Between Mike Adenuga and Prometheus By Lasisi Olagunju, The Greek word ‘philos’ means ‘love’, and ‘anthropos’ means ‘man’ or ‘humanity.’ The Englishman came across...
Bobrisky’s masque, Yahaya Bello’s boa
Bobrisky’s masque, Yahaya Bello’s boa By Lasisi Olagunju, “When you reach home, tell my mother, Say it was a boa that his son transformed...
Flying gods, lying prophets and power bandits
Flying gods, lying prophets and power bandits By Lasisi Olagunju, In May, 1891, James Richard Jewett of Brown University, Providence, United States, presented a...
FG’s N90 Billion Hajj Politics
FG’s N90 Billion Hajj Politics By Lasisi Olagunju, From Lagos, one Ayinde Salihu wrote to the Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern...
Murder and vengeance in Okuama
Murder and vengeance in Okuama By Lasisi Olagunju I have a very senior police officer friend whose nickname is Ambush. On the front of my...