Lasisi Olagunju
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The President’s new Hausa, Igbo caps, By Lasisi Olagunju
One hundred and seventy-nine Anambra kings gave President Bola Tinubu a chieftaincy title last week. They said the title, ‘Dike…
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Awolowo and the North’s latest warning, By Lasisi Olagunju
When vultures surround you, stay awake so that you do not die stupid death. Whether you are in business or…
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For the Yoruba of Northern Nigeria, By Lasisi Olagunju
“As an Offa citizen, I am made to look like an inferior being. While competing for anything in the North,…
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Inside Nigeria
Lugard: 80 Years After, By Lasisi Olagunju
On 9 June, 1913, Lord Friedrick Lugard minuted on a document that Lagos “could never be made a healthy place.”…
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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…
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Nigeria’s triangle of incest, By Lasisi Olagunju
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. – Gideon J. Tucker A Governor…
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Inside Nigeria
2027: They will write the results, By Lasisi Olagunju
President Nnamdi Azikiwe was certain that the 1964 federal elections were a farce and should not produce a legitimate government.…
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Powerful mob at Ikeja power house, By Lasisi Olagunju
The English language is a compulsive borrower; a great debtor. It borrows any word that catches its fancy anyhow and…
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Akpabio as Oliver Twist, By Lasisi Olagunju
“Possibly he cohabited with Miss Bloggs, but don’t mention it in front of his wife, let the sleeping dogs lie.”…
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Tracing an unusual Muslim name, By Lasisi Olagunju
In his column last Saturday, my friend and brother, Farooq Kperogi, reminisced his previous piece on unusual Muslim names in…
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