Nna Dem Cook Ya Own? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Facebook A joke used to be the in-thing when I was much younger! Some Nigerian nationalists went for a pre-independence constitutional conference. Usually, the Europeans would give them lunch breaks. On one of those days, they went for the lunch break, their hosts decided to give them a seven -course meal. Of course,the…

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Commongini? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit; The Guardian Oh, sleazebags!Feeding off plebs.CommonwealthMisappropriated. Land full ofMilk and honey.Masses sufferingPerpetual hunger. When NEPA worksWe’re not lighted.Nurse and dokitaFleeing like Andrew. Roads turned to mines,Diamond to extract.Foods, when cheap,Moneyless pockets. Lost but found,Airport – dollars!Ikoyi – pounds!Kaduna – euro! Until we ruleOurselves justlyShall we be fooledPerpetually too!!! @as 050218

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Calling A Bluff! – Adewale Sobowale

It’s so nice demanding people to walk their talk. Of course, people in Nigeria must be used to politicians who would promise heaven on earth before election only to keep themselves prisoners in the government house after election. Don’t mind my giving a political example but it’s my belief that we either stand for something…

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Voices From Childhood – Adewale Sobowale

Having encountered some faces from my childhood on FB, I tend to dispute the saying that ‘twenty children do not play for twenty years’. In my sixth decade on earth, I have been lucky to ‘reknow’ these fine gentlemen and ladies. Of course, some of us are already grandpas and grandmas. One is even a…

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