Of Full Stops – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Medium I was gisting with a pastor of one of the popular Pentecostal churches yesterday, and I was surprised with how little he knows about the most basic of things. For instance, he did not know the procedure of Islamic banking. That is, the bank does not discriminate on religious basis. I actually…

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The Grounded Kite! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Legit ng Last week, the dailies were awash with reports of the authorities of various Universities in Nigeria, allegedly planning to increase the school fees of their respective institutions. However, that same week, some of those universities were refuting the alleged plan. As a kid, kite flying was one of our pastimes. Our…

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Hard Talk! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: People Gazette We had a PDP government in Nigeria for sixteen years, there was hardly any improvement in the lives of the masses. We are having an APC government for the third year, the material and mental poverty are not abating. Something is telling me it’s not the political parties or the governments…

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Free For Some! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Punch Newspaper That the federal government of Nigeria led by Mr Mohammed Buhari is giving away some Abaçha loot is a done deal. The government will be giving away the money to poor households in nineteen states anytime from now. I thought I heard someone reporting that Mr Buhari said that Abacha was…

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Tin Gods! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Dreams time I hardly use the word, ‘hate’, for anything. At worst, I could refer to a situation as ‘sad’. However, I vehemently hate unbridled authoritarianism in all its ramifications. That’s one of the reasons why I believe the military can never be a solution to the problems of any country. A very…

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