Word of the day: sapiosexual
sapiosexual: adjective : of, relating to, characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to highly intelligent people sapiosexual: noun Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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Voices From Childhood – Adewale Sobowale
Having encountered some faces from my childhood on FB, I tend to dispute the saying that ‘twenty children do not play for twenty years’. In my sixth decade on earth, I have been lucky to ‘reknow’ these fine gentlemen and ladies. Of course, some of us are already grandpas and grandmas. One is even a…
Did We? – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: BBC I’m most concerned about how Nigerians lost the second republic to General Buhari! While his becoming a ‘democratically imposed’ president has shown he never had any good plan for Nigeria, it wouldn’t be fair to him to put all the blames on Buhari. In the first instance, we were in a learning…
Blame Game
Should we blame our destiny?Should we blame our laziness?Should we blame our never say die attitude?Should we blame our sticking to tribalism? Why is it that out of all our people,we’ve not been able to findgood people to rule us? Is there no good personin our country?Are the politiciansbewitching us? Before we blame others,could we…
Syrian security forces enter key northeastern cities!
Photo credit: The Jerusalem Post Syrian internal security forces have begun deploying in the critical northeastern province of Al-Hasakah , marking a tangible step in implementing a recent agreement between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces. A Syrian official confirmed that forces would also enter the city of Qamishli, a major urban centre in the…
FELA by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: The Leadership When he changed his name from what he perceived to be a slave name, Ransome, to Anikulapo, we thought he did not know what he was talking about, but then events proved him right. The truth is that he has simply refused to die! When we consider the immense popularity AfroBeats…
Welcoming Mr Buhari – Adewale Sobowale
I understand Mr Buhari should resume work on the sixth of February. That’s great, isn’t it? He is a famous man! If he wasn’t all the concern about his health wouldn’t have arisen. I was in a taxi yesterday. Lo and behold, a funeral motorcade approached us from the opposite direction. The person sitting next…