Labour shuts down Nigeria!

Photo credit: Vanguard It was a long day in Nigeria as the main labour unions—the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress—began a nationwide strike on Monday. They effectively shut down the beleaguered nation, sealing the national grid and disrupting strikes because they could not negotiate a new minimum wage with the government. The…

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Great! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Nairaland Informed rumours say the model schools in Ogun state will cost pupils four hundred thousand naira per term. That is a whopping one million, two hundred thousand naira per session. Hmmm! Now, I see the reason why the state government did not bother to develop the infrastructure of the older schools. Will…

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Sikira Oniwo 2 – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: iStock Mo gbin’la mi s’oko,Mo gb’oka s’oko!Ewure aboki fi je,Aguntan aboki fi je!Kil’aboki pe mo se,Emi o m’oun o pe mo se! While we sleep,Fodio’s children come,Bulls in tow,Machine gun galore! That to make,Unrepentanly innocent-Murder, rape, burning-Brains reset! Too late for some,Survivors plan,While they mourn,Mallam’s bull to buy! Learnt nothing,Forgotten nothing!Genocide looming,Alright we…

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Killing Fields! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: USNi News Which state, in Nigeria, is not feeling the impact of killers? Isn’t it a pity that a country with so much hope in terms of manpower, climate, soil, mineral resources, etc is now a pariah among the committee of nations? And, thanks to the filthy administration of Major General Muhammadu Buhari….

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The Crunch! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch With the news by Nigeria’s minister of misinformation of the banning of Twitter, a popular social media platform, there’s no further arguing the fact that the government of Mr Buhari is now fully showing the stuff it’s made of. I expect the government to go ahead and ban other social media…

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