Tag: Lasisi Olagunju
Monday Lines: Dangote’s Oily Wars By Lasisi Olagunju
In February 2025, Daily Trust quoted him as saying: “I’ve been fighting battles all my life and I have not lost one yet."
In May...
Monday Lines: The Body Of The Yoruba King By Lasisi Olagunju
Okuku town in present Osun State has a well-recorded history of cultural promotion and preservation. Ulli Beier's 'Yoruba Beaded Crowns' (1982) and Karin Barber's...
NAL Fellowship: Ibadan Discourse Group Celebrates Olagunju
The Ibadan Discourse Group (IDG) has congratulated prolific writer and journalist, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju on his induction as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy...
How Atiku, El-Rufai, Amaechi Can Learn From Tinubu’s School Of Politics...
Power politics in the animal kingdom could be as intense, deceptive and selfish as it is in the human kingdom. An ancient African allegory...
Monday Lines 2: Death of a Queen By Lasisi Olagunju
"There is a kind of price for life," says Charles A. Curran, and that price, he says, "moves in the direction of death."
Death...
Monday Lines 2: NNPC’s Ojúl’arí Ọ̀rẹ́ Ò Dé ‘Nú By Lasisi...
In Yoruba, there is a proverb: “Ojú l'arí, ọ̀rẹ́ ò dé 'nú” — literally it means 'we only see the face; friendship does not...
The President Is My Brother, I Shall Not Talk… By Lasisi...
I found myself inventing the above verse as today's headline. The verse came sounding like "The Lord is my shepherd/ I Shall not want..."...
Omololu Olunloyo: An Egret Flies Home By Lasisi Olagunju
If he had lived one more week, he would have defeated himself. When he turned 87 three years ago, I told him we would...
Requiem For Aláàfin Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi By Lasisi Olagunju
Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi spent his last three months winding down in a spectacular way. He made some moves and held some meetings which,...
Bamise’s Murder & This Cryptocurrency Generation By Festus Adedayo
I delivered this paper yesterday at the World Kegites Club’s celebration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 85th birthday which held at the OOPL in Abeokuta,...
