Assange in Nigeria! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Britannica Julian Assange is an Australian writer, journalist, publisher and activist. He founded Wikileaks in 2006. In 2010, Sweden issued an arrest warrant against him for allegations of sexual assault. He managed to get into the Ecuadorian embassy in the U.K. in 2012. He was even granted Ecuadorian citizenship while in political asylum…

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Nomba! – Adewale Sobowale

These are definitely trying times in Nigeria. Almost everything is being politicised. Before the Anambra state elections, there were reports of the army offering medical services to primary school pupils. I don’t want to discuss whether or not the soldiers were supposed to be there at that point. However, the fact is that some parents…

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Spirit of Change!!! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Business Day I understand a biil has been placed before the senate to regulate social media. This is an appropriate development. Isn’t it? Why should anybody have the audacity to be writing rubbish on social media in spite of all the good things this government is doing? In the first instance, petrol (PMS)…

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Gentlewhat? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Facebook Because I neither care nor spare whose ox is gored when I “wail and rant,” I wouldn’t describe myself as a gentleman. How can I possibly be a gentleman when the ruling class in my country is getting rich at the expense of the ruled?How gentle can I be when I see…

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Naked Challenge… – Adewale Sobowale

Since the “eyesorish” prayer at the beach which featured a nollywood actor in his birthday suit, I’ve been seeing some others online who could have bee right in displaying their right to nudism. It reminds me of a school in which I was a housemaster. There the boys would always dare themselves with scorching irons….

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