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…

Read More

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….

Read More

On Adedoyin! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Guardian Nigeria That Ramon Adedoyin has been sentenced to death is no news. However, I’m more concerned about what he and his fellow felons had intended using the corpse for. I learn, he is a medical doctor. Could he have intended using the body or the vital organs for an insane experiment?…

Read More

Iyawo Ottawa! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: ottawathingstodo.com When wives controlThey put more petrolIn hussy’s wretchednessHe becomes uselessWhy should a manBe called humanWhen he leaves wifeIn cold hands of strifeMan of houseControlling loafMade by wifeUnenviable lifeWoman is controllerShe makes dollarIn the coldSeeks someone to holdWinter hereUnlike harmattan thereIt’s freezing coldWaiting for someone to hold! @ as 093021

Read More

Gbagbe E II – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: medium The Biafra secession was declared precisely fifty years ago. Most people are aware of what led to that action. While it lasted, the Igbo suffered so much. At the end of the day, General Ojukwu had to flee. He was possibly acting in accordance to a reggae song, ‘He who fights and…

Read More