Will the Judiciary condone forgery? By Dele Sobowale
“Let justice be done, though the heavens fall” – Lord Mansfield, 1705-1793 “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide; in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side” – James Russell Lowell, 1819-1891 Until now, there was no reason to raise the question about substantial justice untainted with […]
Two faces of APC
By Dele Sobowale This administration has done extremely well. I had to say it because those who are supposed to say it are not doing so. I don’t know why” – President Muhammadu Buhari, September 13, 2022 in Owerri. I dey laugh o! Buhari, in three sentences, has shown the entire world the ugly face of […]
2023: Eight reasons to vote your conscience
By Dele Sobowale NOTE: Each of us who can vote owes it a duty to our conscience (if we have any) to our children, grandchildren and generations unborn to make sure that we use our vote to either endorse or totally reject the Buhari/APC government and those who foisted it on us. I will give […]
Akeredolu pleads with Christians in vain for mu-mu team
“Akeredolu apologises to clerics over Muslim-Muslim ticket” – News Report. Governor Akeredolu is another top ranking member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with whom I have a lot in common. We are both Yoruba, Christians and we attended Comprehensive High School, ‘Compro’, Aiyetoro, Ogun State. He attended Compro long after I left in 1964 […]
Ayu was right about children
By Dele Sobowale “Every great enterprise starts off with enthusiasm for an exalted aim; and ends bogged down in petty politics” – Charles Peguy, 1873-1914, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 49. The late Dr Alex Ekweme, , Nigeria’s Vice President during the Second Republic, was the Founding Father of what would have been this […]
Time to call Wike’s bluff
By Dele Sobowale “Every hero becomes a bore at last” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 90. I have had occasion in the past when I considered Governor Wike of Rivers State the hero among southern governors in the struggle for power rotation to the South. I once wrote that […]
