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Monday Lines
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Alaafin of Oyo

A minister’s message to me

It was someone's reaction to my column on…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
Akeredolu, Reps’ drunkard democracy, democracy
Awolowo

HID Awolowo and the Yoruba woman

I was an undergraduate in Ife on Friday,…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
el-rufai

On El-Rufai, Aláròká and terrorists

Why did Bola Tinubu offend Nasir El-Rufai? He…

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Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Alaafin

Ooni, Alaafin and Yoruba’s endless war

A race of giants. The Yoruba had been…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Dr Mike Adenuga

Glo: Still the charging bull at 22

Nigeria’s own telecoms giant, Globacom, clocked 22 last…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Death

Death of world’s nicest judge

He was just a municipal court judge in…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
The scramble Niger
ADC

‘ADC is a mere distraction’

Yesterday, someone asked me to give my current…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
APC

APC and lessons from Oyo by-election

The Cambridge English dictionary defines 'carcass' as “the…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Flight

Flight attendants and King Wasiu Ayinde’s curse

My literature teacher told me that situational irony…

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Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
David Mark

David Mark, Dele Giwa, Abiola and other stories

Who killed Dele Giwa? Who was Gloria Okon…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Kwankwanso

Super Falcons’ lesson for Kwankwaso

Each time this country discounts tribe and tongue,…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
The scramble Niger
Buhari

Buhari: A tale of two deaths

June 2015, freshly minted President Muhammadu Buhari hosted…

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Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Yoruba kings

The body of the Yoruba king

Okuku town in present Osun State has a…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
democracy

‘They chop their own, they chop our own’

She spoke with so much authority on the…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Olakulehin

Olubadan Olákùlehìn: Names and destinies

Odysseus survived the Trojan War. He experienced "blissful…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
north

From the North, ‘a storm is coming’

Decades ago, my late mother pointed at a…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
ADC

Sick nation debate: APC vs ADC

(First published on Monday, June 16, 2025) MODERATOR:…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
Ganduje

For Ganduje and Kabiyesi

Useful Abdullahi Ganduje kissed the canvas on Friday.…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
Anini, Prince
Abuja

Let Tehran, Tel Aviv bleed, Abuja will pay the price

A tree does not fall in the forest…

By
Lasisi Olagunju
On El-Rufai Yoruba’s war Globacom at 22 Flight attendants On David Mark They chop their own Olubadan Olákùlehìn From the North nation debate Tinubu against Sanwo-Olu tubers of yam inter-tribal war NNPC’s Ojúl’arí The president’s new Hausa Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road  Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, What is the meaning of success A nation of defectors The president is my brother For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria 80 years after  An egret flies home
okolo

Okolo, our president’s mad lover

Who knows Òkòlò in Oyo? Òkòlò was a…

By
Lasisi Olagunju

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