We are all Guilty – Adewale Sobowale
It is no news that Nigeria’s economy is now ‘depressed’. Although I don’t believe we deserve this, the chickens have come home to roost. We, through our acts of omission,collusion and complacency are all guilty. Have we forgotten the earlier governments, prodded by us, were raising our salaries? OK, Udoji, Williams, Ani,etc. The Udoji awards…
Hey Honey, What’s for Dinner? – Adewale Sobowale
Yeah, not too long ago, when a man got home from the office, his children would meet him at the gate to welcome him. The wife would be busy in the kitchen concocting a seven course meal or something close to it. Those were the days! But these days, the situation has changed. Families are…
Within Man! – Adewale Sobowale
Ese b’aja mole,Awo felefele bonu,Ko je a r’ikun,Aseni. Ceiling coversThe spaceFilmsy skinCovers attitudeOf the deceitful. You know I don’t have any apologies for delving into the archives to bring out some sayings in Yoruba. That is essentially because I have never pretended that I am no other than a Yoruba writing in the borrowed robe…
Prophet Dikko! – Adewale Sobowale
Mallam Umaru Abdulrahman Dikko (1936 – 2014) was an adviser to Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s second Republic President. He was also the minister of transportation between1979 and 1983. He made some prophetic statements some of which had come and are still coming to light. When MKO was striving for the presidency, he was quoted to have…
Trump sends envoys to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to “end the war”
Photo credit: France 24 US President Donald Trump said Friday he is sending envoys Steven Witcoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine. The move marks Washington’s latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II,…
Five EU countries aim to send rejected migrants to “return hubs” by 2027
Photo credit: Yahoo News Five European countries are seeking a deal with an unnamed non-EU country to host a “return hub” for migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, with a targeted start date of 1 January, a Danish minister has said. Denmark, Greece, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands agreed to the initiative as Copenhagen…