…Takes A Bastard… – Adewale Sobowale

At the rate the Yoruba people are going, the number of bastards will eventually be much more than those born genuinely! Well, should ‘genuinely’ even be the right word? Why? So many proponents of Oduduwa or Odua or Yoruba or, even, Lamurudu Republic are ‘short fused’ (remember that phrase?) when others differ from their opinion….

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Results! – Adewale Sobowale

I love people who are reflective. People who are reflective don’t act impulsively. Rather, they think of the consequences of their actions before embarking on them! Nigerians have generally voted in Mr Buhari for another four years. Whether or not the election was as a result of deep thought does not matter now. We have…

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We’ll Chase You! Adewale Sobowale

So you think you can just die like that. Who gave you permission to transform to eternity? The news that Sergei Mavrodi has died will give many people mixed feelings. Mavrodi was the founder of the ponzi scheme called M.M.M. A ponzi scheme is a fraudulent scheme where early investors are paid with the money…

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Manifold blessings! – Adewale Sobowale

What do they really want?People are complaining about our living large;After empowering them –Didn’t they know we must make tenfold of the amount?They are complaining about our SUVs;These people are so lazy they don’t think straight;Didn’t they know that we need to empower ourselves against the bad roads to visit our constituencies?In any case, we…

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Which way Naija? – Adewale Sobowale

Recent activities have set me thinking! I mean the activities about the ownership of Lagos. That Lagos is a Yoruba city is not disputed. Those Yoruba from other states who are ready to do battle much more than the original omo Ekos should read the statement of Alhaji Femi Okunnu titled “Gedegbe l’Eko wa.” In…

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A Mountain! – Adewale Sobowale

Why do some of us like making a mountain out of a molehill? The question arises from the recent display of madness by some ethnic chauvinists who wrongly believe that the Obafemi Awolowo University must have an Ife indigene as the vice chancellor. A university by its name is a complex institution where all and…

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Excuse Me Dance! – Adewale Sobowale

A video clip is currently trending on social media and I wonder why it should have been a surprise anyway. It’s that of our Micheal Jackson turned senator dancing away at the wedding of the richest man’s daughter. I’m surprised because even though most Nigerians are relatively poverty stricken, the legislooters are busy smiling to…

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