Of Narratives! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch Some people have been saying the fact that there wasn’t fuel scarcity during the last yuletide means the Buhari government is on the right path! I really do disagree with their position. In the face of their inability to feed themselves, who’ll think of travelling anywhere, especially to places where their…

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Rough Road! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: The Punch It was the late Dr Tai Solarin who normally greeted people, May Your Road Be Rough, on the first day of the year. His belief is in accordance with the Yoruba saying, O s’emu l’ogbe, o ‘t’oguro l’ofa, o gbe’nu sidi ope, ofe lo nro? That simply means one needs to…

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The King Dies! – Adewale Sobowale

I just learnt of Raymond King’s death. As usual, we will start hearing eulogies from various quarters. Nonsense like,His death is a big blow to the sports industry.He should not have died at this point when Nigeria needs him most.We were just contributing zillions of naira for his treatment.And so on, and so on! I…

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The tipping edge… – Adewale Sobowale

Amid the excitement and glamorous feeling of being lucky to have witnessed a new year, it’s an overstatement to say the world has reached a tipping edge. With instability everywhere, hunger, homelessness and suffering, we’re only waiting for a looney to press the button of a nuke and send the whole world into apocalypse. But…

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