Apple! – Adewale Sobowale 

Photo credit: Britanica Adam and Eve were said to have eaten the Apple and their lives never remained the same. God, in his infinite mercies, has given us the ability to ponder over issues. That’s a great gift! In those days, we were taught that Mungo Park discovered River Niger. Many of us took it…

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Izz It Xmas? – Adewale Sobowale

 Photo credit: Free pik Oh well, one needs to check the date and confirm if it’s December twenty something! The way these people are behaving, it’s like Christmas is tomorrow.  The stores are already displaying Christmas goods. The tv stations are already showing Christmas films.  And what’s more, the city is being made ready for…

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M the Minimum! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Vanguard Nigerian workers are expecting a new minimum wage. I really do empathise with the honest worker. I sympathise with them because I really don’t understand how they could be surviving with what some will call a miserly wage. Let’s ask some basic questions, how much is this government allocating as food…

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Could Our Society be Sane? 

Photo credit: Shutterstock A friend sent a video to me some twenty four hours ago on whatsapp. That video made me ask the question,  Are we OK?  In the video, five boys are caught after they have burgled a shop. When I say they are boys, well, they are boys. But permit me to say…

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Echoes from my immediate past!

Adewale Sobowale  I got a friend request yesterday. It was from a former student of mine. Who am I not to have immediately accepted the request? After accepting the request, I settled down to do this and that. In the latish hours, while jejely obeying the panegyric of my roots,  Omo oru laa sika; Taa…

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Trump as Metaphor! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Forbes The presidential election of the United States is rounding to a close. But whoever wins, let’s look at the Trumpish character and consider whether or not he has done anything extraordinary. First, the fact that he could rise to become president of what we thought was the greatest democratic space in the…

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