‘Ministers paid billions to get appointment’
“A lot of ministers pay billions to be appointed, and the first thing they think of is how to recoup…
How do I tell the President he lied?
An old man stole a chicken and was caught by the village youths. They took him, with the bird inside…
Our coastal road has lost its coast
A road “starting somewhere and ending nowhere!” That was how Lasisi Olagunju, Nigerian Tribune columnist, described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…
The return of Regent Tinubu: What next?
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the Regent of France for almost five days! That was an uncommon feat. At the…
FG’s N750b and APC chair’s invisible 10 million Nigerians
Some lies protect us. Some lies destroy us. Most lies do both. Over 10 million Nigerians received ₦75,000 each from…
The stranger in APC’s kitchen
History is replete with instances where strangers take over the homesteads of their hosts. The wisest of humanity ever, Orunmila,…
Bishop Kukah and Nigeria’s poverty alleviation profiteers
This means that of Nigeria’s roughly 235 million people, 140 million live below the poverty line. These huge numbers reflect…
2027: APC and the wife snatcher
On Friday last week, the Yobe State Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Muhammad Gadaka, urged women…
Abuja’s god of hunger and relief
What kind of leader first makes survival unbearable, waits until elections approach, and then presents relief from that suffering as…
Day a father asked me to give up my seat for his seven-year-old son
So much noise lately about the black man’s vanishing culture of respect. Several years ago, I arrived at my child’s…
Adeleke: Victory after victory
A long time ago, when wisdom was not yet upside down, two young men went out in search of knowledge.…
EFCC: Tinubu as Obasanjo’s brilliant student
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said that the timing of the freezing of the Osun State Government Statutory Allocation account by…
A president and Nigeria’s ancient hunger (I)
HISTORY, it appears, cannot escape hunger. In the time it takes you to read this sentence, someone will have died…
Osoba’s short spoon dinner with Obasanjo
Two Yoruba ‘living ancestors’ are at each other’s throats at the moment.
Minister Umahi and the woman from òkè òhún
A few years ago, a man was rushed to the family pharmacy. It was late at night. He had contracted…
Oríire pupils, Makinde and the children of Orúnmìlà
AMONG the Yoruba, an enduring proverb echoes through generations: “Ọmọ Ọ̀rúnmìlà kò lè sọnù" – the child of Ọ̀rúnmìlà can…
Oríire: When will Tinubu bring back our children?
EDA Oníyò, Oriire. Has anyone heard any word said directly by the Commander-in-Chief since the attacks happened? Mr Peter Obi…
Ìyá Alákàrà: The poor can’t fry their way out of poverty
Somewhere along Ososami Road, Oke Ado, Ibadan, perhaps in the late 1960s, a little girl in school uniform stood beside…
The Throne, the Oracle and the Sword
I recall a 1985 encounter in my hometown. A ravenous hyena invaded the town, killing goats and sheep. The local…
Davido, Reno Omokri and Arítúlà’s Lost Sparrow
On June 10, 2026, at the FIFA World Cup Countdown Concert in Los Angeles, David Adeleke, better known as Davido,…
