Dirty World! – Adewale Sobowale

There’s no doubting the fact that recent events have proved that our world is dirty. Yeah! As dirty as we have made it!! That’s what informed my post about wearing masks yesterday. I just felt we shouldn’t leave leprosy and be expending all energies on mere ringworm. Indeed, I still very much feel we should…

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Lagbaji In Ogun! – Adewale Sobowale

The Ogun State government in Nigeria has declared that anyone not wearing a facemask will be arrested and quarantined for two weeks. According to Dr. Ben Cowling, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong, ‘In general, there’s not a large benefit of wearing surgical face masks either for people who…

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What We Lack! – Adewale Sobowale

Amongst other things, it’s quite apparent to me that the average Nigerian lacks the senses of fairness and courage! If some could be bold enough to announce the death of a living person, it’s equally their business not only to pull down their announcements but also to tender unreserved apologies to the individual concerned and…

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Thanks! – Adewale Sobowale

What else can we do except to thank our elected(?) public officers for enabling us to remember the kind of people we are. To a large extent, we are nothing but lightweights. “Lightweighting” us is actually an understatement. We are a people who do not have the ability to stand by our principles. Do we…

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