Shambolic Lockdown! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: CNN The lockdown being forced on people by the Nigerian government has further reinforced the belief by some of us that Mr Buhari’s government is an Animal Farm. In the book, ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell it’s stated that, ‘All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.’ The sentence is…

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Odun Eegun! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Cable When a child seems to be selfishly savouring a particular item, the Yoruba are quick to remind him that, ‘On ton tan lodun eegun, omo alagbaa nbo wa fekuru jeko’. The simple meaning of that is that everyday is not Christmas. You know there was once a goggled Abacha in Nigeria….

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Filadelphian! Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Business Day There are people who really do have the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians at heart. They so much like Nigeria that the protection of the country is so dear to their selfish hearts. One of these people is the rascalous ‘filadelphian’ who happens to be the immediate past governor of Ogun…

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The Final! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Fox Sports The match between Poland and Columbia was, to me, a final before the eventual final. I was coming back from church and I had absent mindedly noticed some people dressed in yellow jerseys gravitating towards a bar. But my mind was at home, so I didn’t think much of them. However,…

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God Give Us Men

Photo credit: Alamy God give us men! A time like this demands strong minds Great hearts, true faith and ready hands, Men whom the lust of office does not kill, Men whom the spoils of office can not buy; Men who possess opinions and a will, Men who have honor, who will not lie, Men…

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People Vary! Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Channels TV The news of the brutal murder of eighty six people in Nigeria’s middle belt state of Plateau shocked me. It’s not as if the killing will be the first, but then, it set me thinking about the sort of person a killer would be. Since I’m not a psychologist all I…

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