Lasisi Olagunju
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Guest Columnist
The Hijab Diversion, By Lasisi Olagunju
Kwara State Government is insisting on hijab in its schools for female Muslim students. But because the schools are missionary-founded,…
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Kano’s Strange Camel Caravans, By Lasisi Olagunju
“As the north goes, so goes all Nigeria.” That is a sentence from The New York Times of March 7,…
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Senate President’s Attack on Yoruba Governors, By Lasisi Olagunju
Northern leaders are an intriguing lot. They are looking for shortcuts to the top of the palm tree by befriending…
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Opinion
Kingdom of Fools, By Lasisi Olagunju
Wole Soyinka, last week, wrote about mad cows and madder narratives. Where else do cows, what they eat, how they…
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Oyinlola: Soldier of Peace Marches into 70, By Lasisi Olagunju
“I will tell you a story. When Abacha was scheming to transmute to a civilian president and opposition to his…
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Where Are President Buhari’s Enemies? By Lasisi Olagunju
I am tired of writing about President Muhammadu Buhari. Hackneyed subjects can become rancid, rank meals for a columnist –…
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Fulani in Yoruba Forests, By Lasisi Olagunju
Even if you feed on tortoise’s head, you should weep reading this young man’s tribute to his dad who was…
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Inside Nigeria
The President’s Banana Plantation, By Lasisi Olagunju
Around this time in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda was asked why he was not stepping down for a…
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Death and COVID-19, By Lasisi Olagunju
A friend felt unwell and went for covid test; the result just came out last week; he was positive. He…
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Kukah as Sophocles’ Priest, By Lasisi Olagunju
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah on Christmas Day connected year 2020 to year 2021 with a bridge of controversy. Apart from…
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