Insecurity: Sending Orunmila and Ogun to the president
I don’t know who divines for the President. I also don’t know who his prophets and marabouts are. But I…
For predatory Alájogbé and derelict Alájobí
There are two sociological concepts that define the Yoruba cosmology on peaceful coexistence. The first is Alájobí (shared progeny or…
Like Oyedokun, we are all decapitated
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions,” William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet (Act IV, Scene 5).…
Flamingo clocks 70
“Flamingo!!!” he shouted and rushed out of the class. We were in Form Four. Mr. Apata from Ishan Ekiti was…
Afenifere and the Fulani Siege on Yorubaland
Oyo State recorded the ugly incident of the mass abduction of pupils and teachers last Friday. Kwara State is almost…
Hope, hurt and the coming elections
Alexander Pope (1688–1744), the 18th-century English poet and satirist, is known for his numerous famous quotes from his works. However,…
Tinubu: Borrowing is leprosy
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge…
Wetie, Òsá Eleye and 2027 warnings
What Nigerians saw in Ibadan on Saturday and the reaction from Abuja were settled by Ifá, very long ago. An…
An Ekiti ritual for 2027
The terror of Nigeria's North-West is a man called Bello Turji. As strong as he is for everyone, including Abuja,…
Count your sufferings: Tinubu’s gospel of comparison
There is a joke about a child who failed his promotion examination. The child devised a painless get-away way to…
We are all Àmúpìtàn
Àmúpìtàn - the one whose deeds will be retold in history. If you answer this name, wisdom dictates that you…
El-Rufai, the law and the courts
Now that he is at home, what will the court do today when Mallam Nasir el-Rufai's case comes up? His…
History Tinubu should have learnt
How a government that claims to have made huge savings from oil subsidy removal still goes about acquiring foreign loans,…
City Boys and Ìjímèrè’s battle cry
ÌJÍMÈRÈ, the small brown monkey, is counted among the wisest of the dry-nosed primates. Its resilience is legendary; its endurance…
Daniel Bwala: Of context, lying, and denial
The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates warned that lies are not harmless distortions of reality; they are assaults on truth itself.…
Remi Tinubu and Itsekiri’s Egbele-ekokimiyo
Ìyàwó mi tí mo féràn - My wife who I love so much Te ló ti m’órí mi s’ábé -…
Ave Tinubu, morituri salutamus te
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proved critics wrong last Wednesday. Those who hold the belief that the President is old, tired…
Nasir Agbógungbórò el-Rufai
He was meant to be second-in-command to the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland; in reality, he was the town’s de facto…
The Senate coup against Nigerians
Chief Whip Senator Monguno, moved the motion to sustain the old Electoral Act; Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, hurriedly…
An incantation for Tinubu’s next trip
Anyone who falls and does not want people to talk about it had better not fall like a man I…
