On The Substance? – Adewale Sobowale

Mr Raji Fashola recently said the Buhari administration has done more than the United States in the provision of infrastructure. As the ill performing minister of works and housing, he should know. All the roads in Nigeria have been tarred. Even the roads to farms and village roads. All houses have electric power supply. Those…

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1960! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: BBC How many Nigerians have noticed that the further we are from October 1, 1960, the more poverty-stricken our society is? And, I’m talking of poverty in all ramifications! Let’s look at Indonesia and Japan, for instance. In what stage of development were they at Nigeria’s independence? Where are they now? I remember…

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Too Bad! – Adewale Sobowale

I never knew things have gone this bad in Nigeria. They have even gone baddest, if you’ll excuse my ibon, as we used to call grammatical errors in those good old days. I learn they are called AK47 these days! It is stale news that the Oga in this country, Mr Muhammad Buhari,is abroad for…

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Horse riders! – Adewale Sobowale

Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and his Inter Reformers Band released a bumper album in 1973 titled, Ketekete, The horse, the man and his son. The summary of the title song is that, there’s nothing one can do to satisfy fellow men. That Dr Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to Mr Muhammad Buhari is no…

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London Tailor! – Adewale Sobowale

Away we go;Our sense of purpose to find;That our homes fail us to find;Not even relevance:Only in our various Londons we can shout –Eureka! Londons in UK, Americas, France, Belgium, Germany,Etcetera!Some of us would have even gone to fight on the side of Russia;You know to be abroad is to find relevance and be relevant;Even…

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Shut Up! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Medium I heard a certain item in the news today. Social media of people will now be monitored to prevent hate speech. Of course, it’s very right. How dare we complain even when our people are being brutally attacked. We’re supposed to go and report to the police. We should then wait until…

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