June 12! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: PM News Today is another June 12. Out of the June 12s I’ve managed to witness on mother earth, that of 1993 remains the most unique. That was when a great crime was committed in my fatherland. ‘Before our very eyes’, – borrowing the title of a book- the presidential election which Chief…

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On Apologies! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Daily Trust It’s no longer a secret that the president of Nigeria, Mr Muhammad Buhari apologised to Nigerians and particularly the family of late Chief MKO Abiola for stealing the presidency, for detaining people unjustly and for murdering people. When I heard the news, my mind flashed back to over forty years ago….

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Not Yet Uhuru! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch Nigerians love holidays. If there’s something, at least out of nothing the Nigerian government succeeds in, it’s massaging the bruised ego of Nigerians by supplying them with enough holidays to last till eternity. Or how else can we describe having June 12 as a democracy day in a country(?) with so…

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Crazy Demon! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Vanguard There must definitely be two Obasekis in the APC gubernatorial race of Edo State in Nigeria. If not, I don’t see why the governor of the state could be disqualified due to educational qualifications. I say this with every sense of responsibility. Was it not with the same qualifications he rode into…

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Going? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times I hear come next session, a government in the South West might stop paying the WAEC fees of public school pupils. I believe that will be a good development. In the first instance, it is a sign of stopping the farce called free education in those states. Even though, I personally…

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Onikumo Ekun! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Vanguard I hope the news I’m hearing of the Yoruba response to the herder menace is false! It’s no news that herders are already a menace in southern Nigeria. They commit trespasses, kill, rape, murder, kidnap and generally do not obey any law of decency. And, they are indirectly enjoying the support of…

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