Lasisi Olagunju, Author at Tribune Online

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I always wonder why it appears difficult for President Bola Tinubu to defeat banditry in Nigeria. The president's most popular...

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‘Those who are about to die salute you’

by Lasisi Olagunju

September 9, 2024

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From William Bascom, American folklorist and anthropologist, I got a Yoruba story. It is here retold, substantially in my own...

$Tracing an unusual Muslim A celebration of death El-Rufai Obasa and other godfather Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised Let us name Nigeria after our Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram Some words for king Fulani Hausa and Pastor Adeboye owners of Desperate crowds and foods of Tinubu Atiku and the Lion’s A trial of the Supreme Court For the three musketeers Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ We collected money A bouquet of stories In defence The shuffle in Abuja The waist beads Petrol price Wike and Fubara, Poverty professors We beg bread they belch beer ‘I am Here to Plunder’ ‘Those who are about to die salute you’ Marriage Yes Education No Destiny and enemies \ In defence of our president The Yoruba spirit Protesters of the North Protest Dangote and Protestant Greeks in Abuja$

Marriage, Yes; Education, No

by Lasisi Olagunju

September 2, 2024

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At 89, old age has confined Dr. Omololu Olunloyo to the wheelchair, but he remains as sharp as he was...

$Tracing an unusual Muslim A celebration of death El-Rufai Obasa and other godfather Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised Let us name Nigeria after our Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram Some words for king Fulani Hausa and Pastor Adeboye owners of Desperate crowds and foods of Tinubu Atiku and the Lion’s A trial of the Supreme Court For the three musketeers Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ We collected money A bouquet of stories In defence The shuffle in Abuja The waist beads Petrol price Wike and Fubara, Poverty professors We beg bread they belch beer ‘I am Here to Plunder’ ‘Those who are about to die salute you’ Marriage Yes Education No Destiny and enemies \ In defence of our president The Yoruba spirit Protesters of the North Protest Dangote and Protestant Greeks in Abuja$

Destiny and enemies of the state

by Lasisi Olagunju

August 26, 2024

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Nothing we do or say now will change Nigeria unless it turns back from its present plunge. Nothing. "No spring...

$Tracing an unusual Muslim A celebration of death El-Rufai Obasa and other godfather Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised Let us name Nigeria after our Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram Some words for king Fulani Hausa and Pastor Adeboye owners of Desperate crowds and foods of Tinubu Atiku and the Lion’s A trial of the Supreme Court For the three musketeers Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ We collected money A bouquet of stories In defence The shuffle in Abuja The waist beads Petrol price Wike and Fubara, Poverty professors We beg bread they belch beer ‘I am Here to Plunder’ ‘Those who are about to die salute you’ Marriage Yes Education No Destiny and enemies \ In defence of our president The Yoruba spirit Protesters of the North Protest Dangote and Protestant Greeks in Abuja$

In defence of our president

by Lasisi Olagunju

August 19, 2024

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How rich is Vice President Kashim Shettima? I ask because twice last week, the big man from Borno described President...

Referendum is the best way to get genuine people’s constitution —Ex-Gov Fayemi

by Lasisi Olagunju

August 17, 2024

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Dr Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti State, former chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and a one-time Minister...

For Sanwo-Olu’s tenants and LGs and Tinubu’s

For Sanwo-Olu’s tenants and landlords

by Lasisi Olagunju

August 12, 2024

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Some 200 years ago, someone could whimsically deport someone from a part of this country to another. It happened to...

$Tracing an unusual Muslim A celebration of death El-Rufai Obasa and other godfather Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised Let us name Nigeria after our Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram Some words for king Fulani Hausa and Pastor Adeboye owners of Desperate crowds and foods of Tinubu Atiku and the Lion’s A trial of the Supreme Court For the three musketeers Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ We collected money A bouquet of stories In defence The shuffle in Abuja The waist beads Petrol price Wike and Fubara, Poverty professors We beg bread they belch beer ‘I am Here to Plunder’ ‘Those who are about to die salute you’ Marriage Yes Education No Destiny and enemies \ In defence of our president The Yoruba spirit Protesters of the North Protest Dangote and Protestant Greeks in Abuja$

The Yoruba spirit of resistance

by Lasisi Olagunju

August 12, 2024

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The king in pre-colonial Oyo had power over everything. He determined who lived and who died. At a point in...

$Tracing an unusual Muslim A celebration of death El-Rufai Obasa and other godfather Are Yoruba Muslims truly marginalised Let us name Nigeria after our Beyond terrorism and Boko Haram Some words for king Fulani Hausa and Pastor Adeboye owners of Desperate crowds and foods of Tinubu Atiku and the Lion’s A trial of the Supreme Court For the three musketeers Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ We collected money A bouquet of stories In defence The shuffle in Abuja The waist beads Petrol price Wike and Fubara, Poverty professors We beg bread they belch beer ‘I am Here to Plunder’ ‘Those who are about to die salute you’ Marriage Yes Education No Destiny and enemies \ In defence of our president The Yoruba spirit Protesters of the North Protest Dangote and Protestant Greeks in Abuja$