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Why we should fear the Nigerian Taliban By Lasisi Olagunju Some years ago, an editor-friend told me that he was slapped from behind by someone during...

Tell Ize-Iyamu to sue Oshiomhole, By Lasisi Olagunju POLITICS DIGEST - Four years ago, philosophical Adams Oshiomhole invoked Godwin Obaseki's first name against Osagie Ize-Iyamu's...

El-Rufai goes to law school, By Lasisi Olagunju POLITICS DIGEST- I have this Igbo friend whom I call Omo Oduduwa. He speaks Yoruba language with...

Obasanjo's (d)art of condolence, By Lasisi Olagunju  POLITICS DIGEST - Ben Guriano of The Washington Post described them in 2018 as 'taboo enforcers.' These are...

Pastor Olukoya, Awolowo and Eternal life, By Lasisi Olagunju POLITICS DIGEST - There is a viral audio clip online in which the General Overseer of Mountain...

Mourning our Air Force heroine, By Lasisi Olagunju POLITICS DIGEST- Someone said after COVID-19, the next most-talked-about incident in Nigeria this year would be the...

The Magu/Malami Marabout War, By Lasisi Olagunju POLITICS DIGEST - There was an executioner in Old Oyo who specialised in cutting off his victims’ heads....

When Òsómàáló buys coronavirus, By Lasisi Olagunju POLITICS DIGEST  - Iam an Oyo-Yoruba and I know that my ancestors have several pejorative terms to describe...

Oshiomhole and the North, By Lasisi Olagunju   POLITICS DIGEST - I seek to draw lessons from the fate of northern Nigeria and that of Adams...

America has Trump; We have Buhari, By Lasisi Olagunju "Whatever made Olubadan to have Adedibu/ We also have Omisore...(Oun t'ó m'Ólúbàdàn t'ó fi l'Ádédibú/ Àwa...