115 killed in a Haitian town!

Photo credit: PBS The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, according to a local official. Associated Press reports that the attack on residents of Pont-Sonde on October 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen recently. The mayor…

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Agbada! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Deji & Kola There’s no way to exactly translate agbada to the English language. I have deliberately chosen not to translate it as a flowing gown. But most Africans understand what I mean by agbada. For those who do not know, I give you an assignment to look for its meaning. When we…

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Leaving Leprosy… – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Linda Ikeji There’s no doubting the fact that Nigerian security forces are leaving a case of acute leprosy to treat common ring worm. I really don’t know why serious people will go about checking the colors or materials of other people’s clothes. If a person should decide to wear military fatigue in Nigeria…

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Death! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Shutterstock From sakusaku dandy;It became sakisaki dadi!Cinemas may have length;All will duly end! Gave it tenacious hope;Held with tiny rope!‘Twould be better,With the weather! Foolish had we been;Lessons did we learn!When comes another morn!In a yet to be seen moon! We would realize –People do die… @as101019

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Olobeloloko! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Naija News I’m hearing rumors that my president will be a groom tomorrow. It’s being peddled that he’s going to be joined in wedlock to a minister who had been so humanitarian in cooking his meals and massaging him. What I’ve not confirmed is whether they’ve been doing ‘next level’ things in the…

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