28 Days… – Adewale Sobowale

Lekki Toll gate, Lagos Mmm… Nigeria is just cool. I mean for crime, misgovernance, and every other type of problem that won’t make a nation prosper. Ok, 28 days after some idiotic soldiers went to attack some defenseless protesters in Lekki, everyone has been ‘calm’. The national assembly, as long as their remunerations are not…

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Iyaz Adua! – Adewale Sobowale

There’re some friends in whose presence you don’t need enemies. Such is the guy I’m profiling today. I got to know him at Abe’gi, an expansive spot in Abeokuta where we keep up with current affairs. A newspaper distributor is at hand and for those of us who I’ll describe as staff members, we don’t…

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Bubu Oyoyo! – Adewale Sobowale

I learnt Mr Buhari went back to Nigeria yesterday. Incidentally, yesterday happened to have been the day of gubernatorial elections in the two Nigerian states of Kogi and Bayelsa. I wouldn’t bother with who or who didn’t win the elections. I bet the electoral body wouldn’t have finished with the business of vote counting anyway….

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Mentalo! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times Prof Sagay is a man I respect so much. I mean for a man to be a professor and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria is certainly no joke. The man must know his onions. Professor Itse Sagay certainly knows much more than his legal onions! Who are we, ordinary laymen, to…

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Windows! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Alamy Nigerians are reputed to be of good behaviour once they leave the shores of the country. Check out the behaviour of our Armed Forces and police personnel when they are invited to go abroad for some duty. They always put up their best in terms of behaviour. Many a time, leadership positions…

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