By Tunde Odesola Nightfall in Abuja. Smoke filters through the savannah foliage, skywards. A bird’s-eye view reveals that all is...
Tunde Odesola’s Corner
By Tunde Odesola Tossed up, Nigeria’s spinning politics is a coin with three sides: head, tail and middle. All three...
By Tunde Odesola Kings don’t die. They depart to ancestral underworld in vaults known to the Yoruba as aja ile....
By Tunde Odesola, In its cunning, man’s little cousin, the monkey, engages in shady deals called monkey business. A solemn...
By Tunde Odesola HUSBAND. Father. Lawyer. Pastor. Professor. SAN. Politician and Vice President – the titles on the hoary head...
By Tunde Odesola Arole Oduduwa, my second mental image of you left me in pure dazzlement of your unfolding personality,...
By Tunde Odesola KABIYESI Onirisa, I call your name in awe and utter fear; it’s the impudent subject that the...
By Tunde Odesola Creating a soundscape similar to locomotive wheels in motion, the rapid footfalls of marching prisoners travel beyond...
By Tunde Odesola Five bangs and a drum roll heralded the national anthem. Men in starched babariga and kaftans stood...
By Tunde Odesola Although Oshodi Tapa rose from the ashes of slavery to become a warrior and foremost Yoruba leader...