Iya Adua! – Adewale Sobowale

There’re some friends in whose presence you don’t need enemies. Such is the guy I’m profiling today. I got to know him at Abe’gi, an expansive spot in Abeokuta where we keep up with current affairs. A newspaper distributor is at hand and for those of us who I’ll describe as staff members, we don’t…

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Bubu Oyoyo! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: POTFRON I learnt Mr Buhari went back to Nigeria yesterday. Incidentally, yesterday happened to have been the day of gubernatorial elections in the two Nigerian states of Kogi and Bayelsa. I wouldn’t bother with who or who didn’t win the elections. I bet the electoral body wouldn’t have finished with the business of…

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Edenites! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: TV360 For those whose houses were demolished in Abuja, Nigeria! Come see our beautiful city of Eden:Where everything is just perfect:We get fed spiritually:We visit the washroomand get bathed spiritually! You must be baptized withriches and meansbefore you’re acceptedinto the city! If you’re not presidentor even senatoror politicking judge,you’re not qualifiedto enter the…

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Different Strokes – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: YouTube Abeokuta where some are bemoaning their unfortunate situation, some are thanking their ‘ori’. Different strokes for different folks. The present regime is set to make abeokuta a befitting capital. The whole city is just like a giant construction site, at least, in those places where demolitions are taking place. If the governor…

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