Suegbe vs Rare! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Radford University A Suegbe, in this context, is defined as original as they could come while a Rare is a starstruck wannabe! The former doesn’t need validation from anyone because they’re natural. Therefore, they could survive anywhere without a change in their personality. I’m proud to be a Suegbe! Meanwhile, a Rare could…

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Success! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Daily Post I’m sitting here and remembering how Mr Dalung, Nigerian sports minister and Mrs Yetunde Onanuga travelled to watch Anthony Joshua’s demolition of Takam in the tenth round. They did not fail to relay a message of how the government and people of Nigeria were proud of AJ. When the heavyweight boxer…

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Ao M’erin J’oba! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Cable Igboro o r’erinSo, so tightFail to solve withinLook for help abroad! Just as maluJourneys abroadOnly to returnAs corn beef! Fail we to see futilityOf forced unityWe’re goaded onWith machine gun! Forced to signUnrepresentative constitutionThat’s our problemSpit out like phlegm! From PDPPapa Deceive PikinTo APCA banned drug! Need we new worthFrom new…

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Balogun Gbada! – Adewale Sobowale

Things men do;E’en when they do-Sleep will neverEver be tethered! Remembering Basorun Gbada;Who not only battered;Our fine economy;Into a ponmonomy! His unrelenting abracadabra;A unique democratia;Strong as a rope;Ends in a mope! Endless killings;Always fleecing;Turning us to mumu;Easy preys for voodoo! Disloyal to a fault;Journalist bomb burnt;His cup overfilled;With lots of spit! Like malgovernment;And annulment! His…

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Obelawo – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Pulse I am not necessarily a gourmet. And this could be because I am no gourmand. Something tells me it’s because I eat sparingly. In fact, I’m not the best of customers to food sellers. That’s why I always wonder when people say they are going to have a seven course meal….

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