Living! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: International Inc. Life is so interesting. Living life is more interesting. A person finding his own space and living his own life in his own way is the most interesting being, I have found, in life. You see, if you allow yourself to be manouvered by some others, you may end up being…

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Sayo Na…..! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Cable It’s ileya, Sallah eve. People are tumbling into Egba in their thousands. I guess they’ll be Martians, as people from the planet Mars, are called. Oh no!They’ve got the bucks!! I don’t know why people should be saying the economy is not improving. People are buying everything. Not only that, they…

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Gbanjo! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times Moses Adejumo, aka Baba Sala was the quintessential comic of my childhood. In one of his plays, a new wife of his, Kariile, does something Baba Sala finds unpardonable. He then offers her for sale to any willing buyer.‘Gbanjo,Gba-gba-ngba,Gbanjo,Bi mo ri ma raOmoge di toro!Kariile di toro!!! In the second republic,…

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The Crab! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Channels TV The Yoruba have a saying, ‘Oju l’alakan fi n so’ri’. That’s one couldn’t be too careful. Yeah! At these times when even spouses should be wary of each other. When parent to child relationships could be sacrificed for cheap gains of naira. And, when friends could betray one another for material…

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Of Course! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: CNET The announcement by Nigeria’s minister of aviation Hadi Sirika that Nigeria may begin assembling air planes by 2023 further cements the emptiness of Mr Buhari’s government. Even if it’s for free, I wouldn’t think a government of a so-called developing country that knows what it’s doing should dare venture into air plane…

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