The Grounded Kite! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Legit ng Last week, the dailies were awash with reports of the authorities of various Universities in Nigeria, allegedly planning to increase the school fees of their respective institutions. However, that same week, some of those universities were refuting the alleged plan. As a kid, kite flying was one of our pastimes. Our…

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Hard Talk! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: People Gazette We had a PDP government in Nigeria for sixteen years, there was hardly any improvement in the lives of the masses. We are having an APC government for the third year, the material and mental poverty are not abating. Something is telling me it’s not the political parties or the governments…

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Free For Some! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Punch Newspaper That the federal government of Nigeria led by Mr Mohammed Buhari is giving away some Abaçha loot is a done deal. The government will be giving away the money to poor households in nineteen states anytime from now. I thought I heard someone reporting that Mr Buhari said that Abacha was…

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Tin Gods! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Dreams time I hardly use the word, ‘hate’, for anything. At worst, I could refer to a situation as ‘sad’. However, I vehemently hate unbridled authoritarianism in all its ramifications. That’s one of the reasons why I believe the military can never be a solution to the problems of any country. A very…

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Oh My Home! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: mydomaine Where is home? I wouldn’t want to care about other people’s definition of the term, ‘home’! You see, we are all settlers in this world. Some will even say we’re strangers here. In the days of our fathers, when there were inter-tribal wars, there were a lot of movements. Of course, people…

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Ka Soro! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Facebook I did something last week. The act had proved disastrous to some. Knowing that I met this hardworking lady on social media should have given me a warning signal. But… I happened to have met her on the chief keeper of crazy fellows – I happen to be one – Odolaye Bàá…

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