We Don Start! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Daily Trust I understand the governor of Ondo State, his excellent excellency, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has, in his wisdom, pleaded with civil servants in the state to forget about their unpaid salaries. His argument is that, if they can do so, he will face the current salaries squarely. What a brilliant submission! We…

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Paws… – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Inspire Bookspace I grew up reading the James Hadley Chase thriller series. I think I read all books in the series. One of the series is titled ‘A Paw In The Bottle’. That novel is all about how monkeys are caught in South America. Peanuts are put in a bottle with a long…

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Missing Sapon! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: thairghs Oh!Just can’t help it;Whenever my glasses protestby their frame breaking!Which I normally causeby reading to sleep! Our elders sayit’s sleep that makes the child forget selfand the barn is then openedfor the fox! Frames are so costly here;Not only that;You just can’t wait and get them;Appointments must be fixed! When you see…

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Champion! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: which.co.uk I nearly forgot to congratulate Nigeria and Nigerians on the august occasion of our being crowned the second importer of champagne, the bubbly wine, after France. We should ‘pop champagne’ o! Was it not Karl Marx, the German economist, who in his lack of foresight said: ‘religion is the opium of the…

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