Obesere! – Adewale Sobowale

Oh well, if you happen not to be a ‘pentagon’ or you are omo mummy you may not be familiar with OBESERE alias papa. Anyway, I am not a music critique. However, I don’t go with my ears blocked to music, either. Especially, street music! If you really want to embarrass me, ask me to…

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Ilu Le o! – Adewale Sobowale

The Highlife great, Victor Olaiya released a thought provoking album in the sixties titled, ‘Kosowo lode’. It’s a pity that the content of the album remains an understatement to the situation in Nigeria today. This is in spite of the illusory face saving owambe parties that are the order of the day in some parts…

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Hmm.. – Adewale Sobowale

There’re various ways in which people display hunger. Mind you, there are even different types of hunger. In Europe, where we can say our own brand of Christianity in Nigeria came from, all churches I know of, due to the current situation, have resorted to having online services. But then, European churches, rather than being…

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Portugal to detain migrants in prefabs

Photo credit: Facebook The authorities in Portugal will expand the capacity of existing immigrant detention centres to 300 places by the summer – adding “temporary modular constructions” to current spaces, the assistant Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration said Sunday.  The Resident reports that the Secretary of State to the Presidency and for Immigration Armindo Freitas told the…

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CENTCOM ordered to guide commercial shipping through Strait of Hormuz

Photo credit: Centcom US military forces starting Monday will guide commercial shipping from “neutral and innocent” countries through the Strait of Hormuz, according to  Central Command and a social media post by President Donald Trump. Stars and Stripes reports that on  Monday President Trump wrote on social media, “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the…

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