(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 29 December, 2025). “Beware the quiet man; for while others speak, he watches. And while others act, he plans. And when they finally rest, he strikes.” Not all quotes have Read More
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 14 July, 2025). Odysseus survived the Trojan War. He experienced “blissful forgetfulness” in the land of the Lotus-Eaters; he was captured by the Cyclops Polyphemus; he escaped the Sirens, and Read More
(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 26 May, 2025). At the Alaafin’s Garden Hall in Oyo on 6 November, 1934, Alaafin Siyanbola Ladigbolu held a storming meeting with the Resident of Oyo Province, the Honourable Mr. H. Read More
Grand ancestor of Nollywood, Ayinla Olumegbon’s ‘Wole Wole Arufin’ (The Lawless Sanitary Inspector) was very popular in the 1970s. The story was about a sanitary inspector who was consistent in searching soup and water Read More
It will remain true forever that on the day of death, there is no medicine. Bolaji Tunji, Senator Abiola Ajimobi’s spokesman, said his boss took all the precautions of these malevolent times: He washed Read More
(A review of Festus Adedayo’s ‘Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend) Five hundred and thirty five pages in seven chapters girded firmly, front and back, by a Preface, a Foreword, an Read More
