People, Politics & Policy
Tuesday Column
Makinde as Jogbo’s dancer
A story looms not in Tunde Kelani’s Jogbo, but in Ibadan. It’s about a man who doesn’t exude the dreadful...
Ota and its Famished Road
There lies the road to Sango-Ota, in all its filth and sludge, reeking of the lies of scheming politicians. It's...
Song for Sultans and Kings
Babatunde Omidina's painted face loomed in the shadows of darkness, but his presence brought light and laughter to our faces....
Saraki’s resurrection
The Oto’ge gladiators came into the arena to scheme for power, but it was as though they came for burial....
The ghost of Lamidi Adedibu
On Wednesday, a corpse materialized at the entrance of the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi. It was a corpse dressed...
Gongs for Osun @ 30
In August, Osun State clocked 30. Quite expectedly, it was a festival of sorts in Osogbo as residents, indigenes and...
Beyond Soro-Soke: Could #EndSARS agitation have achieved much more?
Soro-Soke. It was sublime poetry couched in the irreverent language of youthful exuberance. On the streets, in the markets, at...