Olori Ebi! – Adewale Sobowale

Once upon a – not too long ago – time, one olori ebi had to retire. You know life is just like the army barracks. Soldiers go and soldiers come, but the barracks remain! Even before the predecessor left office, the successor’s name had been announced. Now, there were so many anti-people things that were…

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Truth – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Life Wherever you go! A narrow long pathLeads to heavenWhile road to hellIs well fed! Gogogongo! So the Good Book saysIt surely paysTo be truthfulIn order to be fruitful! Wherever you be! Truth is constantLike northern starWalking our talkDoesn’t make people fall! Sisi Eko Whatever we doWherever we goAlways be fairEven in the…

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My Take – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Buffer With dedicationYou get inspirationWhich results in aspirationTo your destination! Times may be toughRoads could be roughBut it’s saidAnd emphasizedWhen roads are roughIt’s only for the tough! When you try your bestYou could then restBeing assuredAll is sure! Don’t do crimeOr be coated in slime-infested roadsWhich might be loads! E’en to childrenYet to…

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Uhuru? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Cable NIGERIA : Not Yet Uhuru It is another may 29. Nigerians are expected to be celebrating another so-called democracy day! However, my belief is that one can measure a state by the quality of life of the poorest citizen in that state. In other words, does the poor have the ability…

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Secular? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch Nigeria is said to be a secular state. That’s theoretical! However, in practice, the Nigerian state is religious. Or how do we explain the fact that apart from having churches and mosques, government involves itself with the staffing of these bastions of religiousity. In the past, government was sponsoring religious pilgrimages….

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