Gomina Easy’s Penkelesi! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Vanguard Gbadamosi Adegoke Adelabu (3rd September, 1915 to 25th March, 1958) was a prominent politician in Ibadan city and then the Western region before Nigeria became independent in 1960. On a certain occasion, he described the opposition in the Western Region House of Assembly as ‘peculiar mess’. However, his generally illiterate audience thought…

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When a Dog Bites… – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the independent It’s today I’m confirming the journalism maxim, “when a dog bites a man, it’s nothing unusual. But when a man bites a dog, it’s newsworthy.” On my story, what I’m showing now appears to be a man who’s naked but turning his back. I don’t really know what people were expecting…

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A F’owo Muti! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: LinkedIn Did you know if you could socialize a bit, most of your health problems will be goners? I heard a news that could have rendered me a hospital case. But I borrowed myself some brain. Socializing I went! Go to church, mosque, Ile Orisa. clubs, play games, do some walking and visit…

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Our Castration! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch It’s apparently a curse to be poor in a country like Nigeria. Being dispossessed of the good things of life is even ‘double wahala for dedi body’, respects to Fela Kuti. Oh yeah, some of the people have been sentenced to a lifetime of authentic penury. And this has to happen…

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