Peace! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: NDU I think at this point in time, we should spare our nations some positive thoughts. Note that I used the word, nations! Why is it that it’s within the so-called developing nations that we don’t have peace. Neither do we have any relative progress? I know some of the story of Nigeria,…

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Tightening Noose! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Daily Post Even to the most unfeeling person, Nigerians will know the noose of dictatorship is being tightened with the barring of Nobel laureate, professor Wole Soyinka and the activist Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana from giving their contributions at a symposium. The police simply sealed off the venue, 46, Ibijoke Street,…

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Apapa Ports! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: intels Nigeria Apapa used to be a lovely neighbourhood. So many expatriates used to live there. The nation’s major seaports, Apapa and Tin Can, are situated there. As a result, the place is well secured . The army, the navy and even the police are well represented there. However, the roads to Apapa…

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Shut Up! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the council of Europe Yes, I believe we really do need to guard and guide our rights and freedoms jealously. We need to do it the way our grannies used to keep their chinaware! We were under the jackboots of the military for so long. I bet those people who were of age…

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Wishes And Horses! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times It’s a given that governments and private individuals do incorporate airlines. If we consider the bigger countries and say, if not them, who else? The ‘elses’ are those countries Nigerians will snigger at about their national worth. Indeed, individual Nigerians will jeer at people from those countries and feel they are…

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