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The north's tadpoles and Deborah Yakubu

In defence of nepotism

  By Lasisi Olagunju   Wahala no dey finish for Nigeria. Because President Bola Tinubu appointed an acting Chief of Army Staff last week, my northern friend...

The north's tadpoles and Deborah Yakubu

Homeless kids invade South West

  By Lasisi Olagunju   “A large percentage of them are from Niger Republic, Mali, and Chad.” The six South-West states are being overrun by an army...

The north's tadpoles and Deborah Yakubu

Kneeling for Imams of Northern Nigeria

  By Lasisi Olagunju A minister suffered severe abuse and reprimand from the elites of the North last week because she asked the North to choose mass education...

The north's tadpoles and Deborah Yakubu

Where do we go from here?

  By Lasisi Olagunju   Given today’s state of the nation, it is likely that both Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi are thanking their stars that...

Olagunju and the stoking of apocalyptic embers

By Chuks Iloegbunam In the Yoruba country, once someone hits the public arena, the first question asked is, “Who is his (her) father?” I know a Yoruba chap also...

The north's tadpoles and Deborah Yakubu

Adeleke hails Olagunju on Dame Award

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has warmly celebrated renowned journalist and collumnist, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju, for again winning the year’s Dame Award, expressing...

Kingdom of fools

  By Lasisi Olagunju   Wole Soyinka, last week, wrote about mad cows and madder narratives. Where else do cows, what they eat, how they eat, and where they eat...