The Southy – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: BBC Way back in the seventies, Africa was the cornerstone of Nigeria’s foreign policy. The military government of Murtala/Obasanjo had taken over control of government on July 29, 1975, having overthrown General Gowon in a palace coup. The gangling Brigadier Joe Garba was the external affairs minister and Professor Akinyemi was the Director…

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Peck And Go! – Adewale Sobowale

While citizens and the governments of other countries are going about the business of making their systems even greater, it’s been discovered that the important problem of Nigeria and Nigerians is the spirit of ‘peck and go’! Starting from the government, people will struggle to enthrone a regime. But what do they get, the government…

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True? – Adewale Sobowale

If it’s true that in Nigeria, the North is planning to stop the transportation of agricultural materials to the South, including livestock, the South is certainly going to benefit a lot. In the first instance, the South will be free from the marauding herders of the North. They come and rape, kill, maim and rob….

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Bantering! – Adewale Sobowale

I made an innocent post yesterday imploring Nigerians not to engage in any undemocratic activity. I didn’t know some Àwọnlókàns who happen to be my FB friends read it. Today, when they felt their candidate had won, they descended on me with banters! The lesson of that is we shouldn’t trade friendship for politics. True…

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