Prophet Dikko! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Facebook Mallam Umaru Abdulrahman Dikko (1936 – 2014) was an adviser to Shehu Shagari, Nigeria’s second Republic President. He was also the minister of transportation between1979 and 1983. He made some prophetic statements some of which had come and are still coming to light. When MKO was striving for the presidency, he was…

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Within Man! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Alamy Ese b’aja mole,Awo felefele bonu,Ko je a r’ikun,Aseni. Ceiling coversThe spaceFilmsy skinCovers attitudeOf the deceitful. You know I don’t have any apologies for delving into the archives to bring out some sayings in Yoruba. That is essentially because I have never pretended that I am no other than a Yoruba writing in…

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We Are All Guilty – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch It is no news that Nigeria’s economy is now ‘depressed’. Although I don’t believe we deserve this, the chickens have come home to roost. We, through our acts of omission,collusion and complacency are all guilty. Have we forgotten the earlier governments, prodded by us, were raising our salaries? OK, Udoji, Williams,…

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