Subu Sere! Free-Fall!! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: slideshare Yinyin nda! Were I prophet;Lotteries and bets;Will specialize on;They’re novel turns on! Sere ninu Ile! Rites of passage;Didn’t I presage?Sent me from city;Was I liver- lillied! Ma wo nu re! A whole six feet;Doesn’t matter to it;No respect for length;And, down I went! Ki aso re! Protecting my cell;From getting wet;And, down…

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Mephibosheth! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: goodsalt.com Few books have multiple importance. The holy bible is one of them. It is a book of spiritual, historic and religious values amongst others. I deliberately mentioned religious and spiritual because it is possible for one to be religious without being spiritual. The story of Mephibosheth is recorded in the second book…

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Kabie O Si! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Premium Times I hear Twitter says it neither knows Buhari nor the country he governs! In the Murtala/Obasanjo days, everybody that mattered knew Nigeria. In fact, if Nigeria coughed, the whole world would shiver. Those were the finest days of Nigeria’s foreign policy. The USA, UK, etc were all ‘begging’ to be in…

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Egyptian migrant convicted!

Photo credit: Pindula News A court in Harare has fined an Egyptian national $200 for contravening the country’s immigration act. Magistrate Ruth Moyo found Ahmed Yehia guilty of staying in the country with an expired visa. The accused entered through Joshua Nqabuko Nkomo International Airport on April 28, 2024, and was issued a 30-day visa. …

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Òkú ń Sukún Òkú! Nearly Dead Mourn…!! – Adéwálé Ṣóbọ̀wq́lé

Photo credit: Getty Óṣe ó pọ̀ World remains mystery;Tick tock remains a licker;Evil doers remain;Good ones harvested! Mo ti r’Ògùn lọfọsọ Almost dead mourn;And inter dead dead;If they knew;Bothered wouldn’t they; Yéèpà Masses kowtowing rulersKnowledged says worldBig ball isWhich goes round! Mo ti r’Ọ̣̀sà lọ̣ fọ̣sọ̣! Yeah!It isFor havesLiving in comfy! Ìgbì mo délé mi…

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Two Wrongs! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch Some are of the belief that since African governments generally oppress the average African, we shouldn’t expect Blacks to be better treated the world over. I see that argument as pedestrian. My stand is two wrongs can’t ever make a right. By the way, although Africa remains the root of the…

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