Seun Kuti’s Double-edged Slap

By Tunde Odesola The stunned policeman, whose left cheek Seun Anikulapo-Kuti sandpapered on the lagoon last Saturday, didn’t turn the right cheek. I know why. He feared losing his eardrum and, or a couple of teeth. Seun doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ and His temptation story. He doesn’t believe in Prophet Muhammed (PBUH), either. Does he believe in Satan? I

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Tinubu And The Meaning Of Insanity

By Tunde Odesola I possess neither the intellect of Albert Einstein nor the anointing of Apostle Matthew, the tax collector and Jesus’ disciple. I’m only a Lagos-born hunter from Igbajo, the Citadel of the Brave — an inheritance of Osun State. Unlike Einstein and Matthew, I’m no Jew, no scholar, no philosopher. Never can I hold a candle to Einstein’s

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Peter Obi’s Animal Farm (II)

By Tunde Odesola Unlike charity, hypocrisy is homeless. Since the Soyinka-Datti fascism brouhaha broke out, Mr Obi, you’ve not made a categorical statement in condemnation or commendation of either Soyinka or Datti. But your supporters, Obidients, have been painting the internet sick in riotous colours, denigrating the impeccable integrity of the greatest literary enigma ever to come out of Africa.

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Peter Obi’s Animal Farm (I)

By Tunde Odesola, Dear Mr Obi, Today being Friday, I should’ve wished you Barka Jumat if you were a Muslim, but being a dyed-in-the-wool Catholic, who cringingly curried Christian favour in the just-concluded presidential election, I think it’s better to wish that the power of Christ’s resurrection heals your frailties – be they moral or political – this Easter season.

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Iwuanyanwu And Yoruba Rascals

By Tunde Odesola I don’t understand this madness about ‘Yoruba rascals’. Are there really no rascals in Yoruba land just as there are among the Igbo and the Hausa? In his speech in Anambra during Prof Chukwuma Soludo’s first anniversary in office, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was talking about the violence that trailed the Lagos governorship election, and everyone who has

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