Waiting Game? – Adewale Sobowale

With the advent of 2020 came a lot of welcoming gestures. Peoples went praying to whatever they believed in their various religions and irreligion. They topped it up with wearing their brand new clothes, eating their favourite dishes and imbibing their choice drinks. There was great hope that the year 2020 would be better than…

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You Can’t Do Nothing! – Adewale Sobowale

Sometime last week, the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay said Mr Muhammad Buhari will adopt the 1984 despotic style of rulership when he is reelected for a second term of office. Maybe most youths are not aware of the unnecessary anger which Buhari displayed after he and his cohort…

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Amukun…K–Legged… – Adewale Sobowale

I know better than castigating anyone’s physical appearance. But the Yorùbá have a saying, “amúkûn ẹrù ẹ́ wọ́” and he responds, “òkè lẹ̀ ǹwó ẹ wò sàlẹ̀”. It means, some person calling the k–legged man that whatever he’s carrying is not balanced and he replies that the caller should look at his legs. In the…

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