Government’s one-grain palliative
The food you give to a slave is not to make him grow fat, but for him not to die…
Salute to Melchizedek of Nigeria
There are people known in Yoruba worldview as Àkàndá (special beings). Everything about them is a mystery (Àdìtú). They get…
Nigeria at 63 and missing brains
At 63 years of independence, Nigeria is either under the knife of a quack doctor, a certified but perfidious organ harvesting doctor,…
Alaafin stool: Putting culture to the sword?
May the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, live long on the throne of his fathers. But, how about my illustrious…
Obasanjo: Day obas ate in public
At the installation of an oba in Yorubaland, he is given a list of taboos and red lines he must…
The husband beaters of Lagos
Pray, how does a man tell his friends that his wife beat him the other day? How do men who…
Taiwo Nancy Bamisaye: My ‘co-debater’ takes a final bow
ON June 9, 2019, Taiwo Nancy Bamisaye turned 50 years old. I did a tribute on my Facebook page to…
Baddest Lawyer, Zazzu and NBA
I was away from the church on Sunday, September 3, 2023. When I came back, I was given an account…
Minister Musawa and Orwell’s Animal Farm
The appointment of Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the latest impunity…
Niger: Northern Nigeria’s Agidigbo drum
“My friends all like the sonorous proverb do we drum the agidigbo; it is the wise who dance to it,…
Edo’s Obaseki, his Shaibu and the end of adultery
Something is happening in Edo State right now. It is a big lesson in infidelity. As you read this piece,…
Nigerians need grains not bullets
The Niger war has not started, but an iron wall has been cast across Africa. As I was writing this,…
Hunger, anger everywhere
As you drive on our roads, spare a moment to look at the people standing by the roadside. Also, check…
Mass burial and the king who wants to live forever
As you are reading this piece, a very expensive, and almost ‘befitting’ burial is being planned in Lagos, the Centre…
Tinubu, palliative and familiar spirit of Endor
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a Muslim. His wife is not just a Christian, but a pastor of one of…
Mmesoma: The baby and the bath water
T HIS is not the type of student you expel. His records, as presented by the principal, show that he…
Tope Alabi: Trial of a gospel singer
In the last two weeks or so, Ifa, gospel songs and singers appear to be on trial in Yorubaland. People who shout Oludumare…
Asari Dokubo and the Nigerian question
Not long ago, multi-millionaire militant, Asari Dokubo, in an interview with Arise TV, had this to say about his own…
Yoruba governors are Ifa priests
ONIBARA consulted the Oracle to know what the future held for him. Ifa warned him that a strange, but beautiful…
UNIBEN: And a poet bows out
I would have loved to talk about the suspended Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emefiele, today. I changed my mind…
