Demoncrazy! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Channels TV The move by the Lagos State Government to ban okada and tricycles from fifteen local governments in the state could have been better if government had really put the interests of the various stakeholders in mind. In the first instance, the government, through its commissioner for information and strategy allegedly insisted…

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Too Bad! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times I never knew things have gone this bad in Nigeria. They have even gone baddest, if you’ll excuse my ibon, as we used to call grammatical errors in those good old days. I learn they are called AK47 these days! It is stale news that the Oga in this country, Mr…

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I Have A Bigger Cow! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Conversation Now, let’s look at the cattle-rearing issue from another angle. I know we should continue constructive debates until we find a solution to the matter. Some people have argued eloquently that since the cattle trade is a private one, the businessmen trading in cattle should buy ranches for their cattle. Of…

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Horseriders! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Punch Newspaper Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and his Inter Reformers Band released a bumper album in 1973 titled, Ketekete, The horse, the man and his son. The summary of the title song is that, there’s nothing one can do to satisfy fellow men. That Dr Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to Mr…

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