Weeping Frogs! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Lang Elliott Is it not a wonder,Raining without thunder?Vultures are gathered,Season of the reaper! Frogs aren’t croaking,Lions not roaring!Frogs are rather weeping,With lions crying! Due to rat-a-tat-tat!Of the extra largeEnvelope of cowry,We took as bribery! What we’d sownHad become grown,To an Ajantala,We hardly matter! Ah- a colonel!Then- a dan sanda!They were wasted,As we…

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For The Love Of Country? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Vanguard It’s like Nigerian politicians do not have any love of their country at heart. If they do, they wouldn’t be turning the country into an object of ridicule amongst the committee of nations. Pray, what percentage of time in a year do they have for the busy schedule of administering the country….

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Hail The CBN! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Leadership When people in government are doing the right thing, I don’t know why Nigerians always refuse to praise them. I’ve always said that if there’s another chance to come to the earth, I want to come as a Yoruba. The reason is that the Yoruba culture is so superb. As a Yorubaman,…

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Catch – 22 – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times Catch-22 is the title of a satirical novel published on the tenth of November, 1961. It was written by Joseph Heller. The novel is frequently cited as one of the most notable books of the twentieth century. The term ‘catch-22’ has since been used in English language in reference to a…

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Real toll of Cuba’s migratory crisis!

Photo credit: NBS News According to numbers compiled by a Cuban economist and demographer, Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos, the island’s population fell by 18% between 2022 and 2023. El Pais reports that dozens of people are fleeing Cuba. People fly from Havana airport to Nicaragua daily, trying to escape the country’s collapse. Three years ago, there…

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