Tag: Lasisi Olagunju
Bank shares and bank Tzars, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines 2 published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 20 January, 2025).
Some 15 years ago, millions of poor Nigerians were conned into borrowing...
Alaafin: Some words for king and chiefs, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 13 January, 2025).
The oba under our law is not a king; he is a chief....
Fulani, Hausa and Yoruba truths, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines, published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 6 January, 2025)
We say in Yoruba that if we do a census of slaves, slaves...
Pastor Adeboye, owners of Nigeria and 2025, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 30 December, 2024)
If the elites of the North will not 'give' President Bola Tinubu a...
Desperate crowds and foods of death, By Lasisi Olagunju
I died one bright day in 1969 - yes, died; crushed by a motorcyclist. It happened on Ileya Day (Eid el Kabir) in my...
“An Enemy of the People” by Lasisi Olagunju
"The water is poisoned! The whole of the water system is tainted and absolutely unusable for its purpose," Thomas Stockmann, medical doctor, accomplished scientist,...
Tinubu, Atiku and the Lion’s share, By Lasisi Olagunju
Adrian Louis is a witness to what popcorn does in a movie theatre. The American poet's poems are apparently for Nigeria, a nation in...
Farotimi: A trial of the Supreme Court, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines, published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 9 December, 2024)
Adeola was a destitute woman with neither a surname nor a known relative...
For the three musketeers of Kano, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines 1 published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 2 December, 2024)
An epic poet describes the Fulani hunter as "shepherd of wild animals."...
Issues in Adenuga’s ‘death’ rumour, By Lasisi Olagunju
(Monday Lines published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 25 November, 2024)
There is the legend of a newspaper journalist who had an issue with...






















