Grateful Heart! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Shutterstock I was more than humbled today! Normally, I don’t obey the order of sleeping for eight hours at a go. Why should I? Apart from writing, reading and socialising, other things might crop up. Besides, I don’t like being held up in a straitjacket! I woke up at 2 a.m. this morning…

Read More

Sparing Thoughts! – Adewale Sobowale

It’s going to be Christmas in a few weeks. And, of course, the preparations for the not-for-only-Christian festival are building up. It will reach a crescendo at twenty-something in December! However, a thought just occurred to me: Are we thinking of the other man? I don’t mean our relatives. Many people are facing one problem…

Read More

Of Chameleons! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the conversation The only difference between an average Nigerian politician and a chameleon is straightforward. While the former is a human being the latter is a reptile. However, the Nigerian politician has a disease, the disease is called Borderline Personality Disorder. When BDP infects someone, they display The Chameleon Effect. When a person…

Read More

Mo ri keke kan! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Daily Nigeria I’ve always told whoever would listen that I’m a product of public institutions. However, those were the days when public schools were worth attending. I can remember a song we used to sing to a story in my primary school, Mo ri keke kan;Tere aja lo bale tere;Opobi pobi;Tere aja lo…

Read More

My Jet Is Bigger! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Tribune online Although, I didn’t want to comment on the petering debate on tithing, I have found the hullabaloo generated by it amusing. I would have thought the best thing for people that aren’t feeling OK by tithing was to use the doorways of their various houses of worship. However, I appreciate the…

Read More