Circles! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: iStock One thing that keeps astounding me is the regularity at which seasons move in circles. In spite of the so called global warming, the seasons do not fail us. In the tropics, we have the harmattan, dry and rainy seasons. In the western world there are the winter, summer, spring and autumn…

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Odun Yi O Ye! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times I guess it’s already stale news that President Buhari is giving money to all the states to pay all government workers before Christmas. The money is part of the Paris Fund. Nigeria has so much money in places other than the Central Bank that I doubt anyone knows the total. However,…

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Fela In Toronto! – Adewale Sobowale

He starts by tuning the piano. When he’s perfected that, he turns to the trumpeter and demands that some bass be infused into the music. It’s like a rehearsal! Rather than a rehearsal, it’s the master musician’s bid to be honest and give the audience an unforgettable musical experience. He goes to play some enchanting…

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A friendly call!

We met in my secondary school days. We were just friendly then. After the certificate examination, each of us attended different higher institutions. Incidentally, we finished schooling the same year.  As fate would have it, we were posted to the northern state of Kaduna. We met in camp, and our friendship began at a chummier level. At…

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We’re h a p p y! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times Nigerians have various exciting records. I’m surprised that the Guinness Book of Records publishers have yet to award the Nigerian people an award for setting the highest number of records. I hope they aren’t trying to be like the organizers of the whistle-blower policy who insisted that the guy must go…

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