Daily Trouble! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Facebook Yesterday, it was Queens College! Today, it’s Babcock University! Why is it that we hardly hear good news about Nigeria? Two Babcock University students went to have unprotected sex. Unfortunately for them, it was recorded. It has now become an issue. The escapade of the couple didn’t happen within the University campus,…

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In This Age? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Reuters Unbelievable’s happening;Instead of buildingGlobal perpetuity;We’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History?Even if he gains victory;With environmental degradation;Arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination;Resulting from destruction;Of obliterated villages and cities;By modernized savages! All is now set;For uninhabited planets;Solid city walls;Must take falls! Thought human lives sacrosanct;Not before unpleasant;Imbecilic savages;Who…

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Men’s Day! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Hindustan Times I learn today is International Men’s Day! Hmm… Oro sunukun! It’s a day men’s contributions to a peaceful society ought to have been celebrated. But, are men – especially African men – worth celebrating? I’m asking this pertinent question considering the fact that it seems to me that African nations are…

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