Fish Givers!!! – Adewale Sobowale

Those ruling us have a lot of compassion. In fact, their love of humanity definitely knows no bounds. That’s why the Kano State government has budgeted a whopping sum of 345 million naira to feed the foodless during the thirty day Ramadan that’s expected to commence on Thursday. The Northern States have generally been consistent…

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We Don Start! – Adewale Sobowale

I understand the governor of Ondo State, his excellent excellency, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has, in his wisdom, pleaded with civil servants in the state to forget about their unpaid salaries. His argument is that, if they can do so, he will face the current salaries squarely. What a brilliant submission! We should applaud the Arakunrin!…

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Congratulations? – Adewale Sobowale

I nearly forgot to congratulate Nigeria and Nigerians on the august occasion of our being crowned the second importer of champagne, the bubbly wine, after France. We should ‘pop champagne’ o! Was it not Karl Marx, the German economist, who in his lack of foresight said: ‘religion is the opium of the people’? Although there…

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Pikin no Fine…! – Adewale Sobowale

Some incredulous people who are even far worse than the doubting biblical Thomas have started again. The results of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board have mercifully been released. Shouldn’t we be happy that it took approximately a month for the results of a computer based multiple choice examination to be released? That’s even a…

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