Are you a good person?
Photo credit: Organized Motherhood Some of us think we’re good people. However, who is a good person? timesnownews.com defines habits that show who a good person is, according to psychology: Empathy: Empathy is a crucial trait of good people. Feeling someone else’s joy or pain shows a kind heart. Empathy makes us kinder, more understanding,…
Naija Dey Sweet! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Daily Trust The federal government has decided that members of the National Youth Service Corps should be enjoying the services of the National Health Insurance Scheme whenever any of them needs medical treatment. This is another milestone for the government. The NYSC was established in 1973. But since it was founded nobody had…
Let’s Hang On! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Legit.ng This week, I’ve read several posts from people I hold in high esteem expressing their frustration with the Nigerian government. In fact, most of them called for a coup d’etat. While a coup could have served two purposes, one, pay Mr Mohammed Buhari back in his own coins for torpedoing a democratically…
Missing Fẹla! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Guardian Seated on the floor at a jazz festival in Place Des Art at Montreal, I couldn’t but miss Baba 70. Not that the jszzists aren’t trying their best, but their best is definitely not good enough. Not enough for an African who had a lot of opportunities to listen and dance…
Victims All! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Tribune So, we’re all infuriated with some allegation of abuse. We should be! But then, isn’t it a case of, oku n sunkun oku, that is the dead mourning the dead? I say so because if we really look at it, which Nigerian can truthfully say they are enjoying in this country. Save…
What kind of friend? – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Tribune I had wanted to let this pass. However, a video clip I watched on WhatsApp prompted me to change my mind. In the clip, an Ijebu man who is abroad shows how empty his street is of rams. In Nigeria, rams are tied to poles and trees outside homes awaiting execution after…


