Baby Kingsway! – Adewale Sobowale

When I was younger, I was used to a person who was slow in running errands being described as, ‘baby kingsway’. At least, up to the early eighties there used to be some merchantile stores in the major city centres of Nigeria. Some of them were Kingsway, Leventis, Chellarams, Chanrai, etc. Most of them used…

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Afraid of History? – Adewale Sobowale

History is in the syllabus of Nigerian schools. I can tell you that it’s there just for the sake of history! Hardly is it studied by pupils!Hardly are there teachers for it!!Hardly is it recommended as a course to study in tertiary institutions!!! Unfortunately for us, we might never succeed in charting our way forward…

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Frigid temperatures expected in Toronto!

Photo credit: CBC Environment Canada forecasts the temperature in Toronto this week will be significantly cold, with temperatures expected to drop to -15 C at times. The freezing temperatures come after a snowstorm walloped Toronto last week, resulting in the Don Valley Parkway and Finch West LRT temporarily shutting down, as well as schools and buses being…

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US sends military aircraft to Greenland!

Photo credit: The Guardian The United States has deployed a North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) aircraft to Greenland as tensions rise over President Donald Trump’s move to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory. The Week reports that NORAD said the aircraft would soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base to support a range of long-planned activities. The…

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Are We Ok? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: CNN Let me ask the question again, are Africans alright? Two special events are taking place this week. Or, should take place this week. They are special because they involve the lives of people. One of them involves the life of everybody in the world. The first is the inauguration of Mr Trump…

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On Chatham House! – Adewale Sobowale

I want to learn the relevance of Chatham House to the Nigerian situation. Does going there reduce the price of a kongo of gari? Does it supply electric power? Does it bring down the price of oyel? Does it give residential accomodation to the teeming masses? Does it provide jobs for the unemployed or underemployed?…

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