OLOLADESATIRIC

    FACT: Nigeria is a satiric country. Satire, being the use of humor or irony to describe otherwise serious situations in an unserious manner, i.e using mockery to expose stupidity. This hypothesis is evidenced in recent events, from the Nigerian president’s refusal to acknowledge the House of representative’s invitation to his reiterating the government’s disgust in the CNN and BBC’S reportage of the #EndSARS Crisis. The state governors also jumped on the satire train, with a former governor and current minister, Mr.   Raji Fashola leading the investigators’ pack to the governors paying sympathetic visits to the Lagos state governor . The irony of this visit is not lost on one. Condolence messages flowing from all corners of the 36 states to victims (police and businesses affected) but conveniently missing the real victims of the crisis : the patriotic protesters nationwide who lost their lives and also the innocent ones arrested with no one to bail them out of their penury in real

  #EndSARS: Forging Ahead with Bloody Inks A protester (Ololade Ajayi) during the End SARS protest END SARS The   #EndSARS Movement allegedly kick started in Ughelli, Delta state on Tuesday 6 th of October   2020 after a viral video showed SARS Operatives pushing off a man from his vehicle. Then on Thursday 8 th of October 2020, protests kicked off in Lagos at Alausa and other parts of the city. And then the Federal Capital Territory subsequently joined in. One notable thing about the protest was the shared level of torture the protesters went through at the hands of the Nigeria security as well as allegedly state sponsored thugs. THE PROTEST DEMANDS The protest demands which was dubbed 5for5 includes but are not limited to the following: 1) Immediate release of all arrested protesters (this hasn't been done, rather more protesters are being arrested) 2)Justice for police deceased brutality victims and compensation for their families (this also has not been done, the po

INDIGENOUS WRITER PROMOTES CULTURE AT WRITERS INTERACTIVE NETWORK Writers Interactive Network (WIN) played host to Ololade Ajayi, poet and short story writer, at its recent guest writer session on the 10th of October 2018 at QuickSpace Health Place, Ikeja Lagos. Guest Writer Ololade Ajayi at WIN Ololade Ajayi's style of writing is said to be distinct in that she promotes her cultural heritage through the use of Poetry. The writer, who is the Author of a collection of poems, titled “We the People” thrilled the audience at the WIN monthly meeting to a couple of poems written in her native dialect (Ekiti dialect) . Responding to questions asked about inspiration for the book at the event , Ololade said that she believes that language is the first medium by which thoughts are processed and therefore a writer has to fully explore and harness his or her language to effectively communicate. In the collection are also satiric poems that reflects the state of her nation, Nigeria

11 th of October is the day the United Nations has designed as the International day for the Girl Child. It is celebrated annually all over the world, in order to raise awareness on the problems encountered by the girl child, support girls’ empowerment and human rights. This year, the emphasis is on guaranteeing the development of skills needed by the Girl-child to be relevant in a technology driven labor market. It is time to ask ourselves pertinent questions as a nation. What peculiar difficulties does the girl child face in Nigeria? Having a discourse of this nature will generate issues ranging from the female mortality rate, to gender discrimination by parents, access to education, vulnerability to sexual related crimes, cultural nuances that dictate the place of the girl child in the society (which invariably leads to a dialogue on equal opportunities at work amongst other places as the girl child evolves). The plight of the Chibok Girls and the lone remaining Dapchi girl

WIN, an International platform for Nigerian Writers, is set to hold its first guest writer session in Lagos. The Organization, which synergizes writers of all genres(prose, poetry, drama, essays etc) holds a meeting every second saturday of the month, wherein writers share their work for critique, editing and for pleasurable reading. Mr Tony Agenmonmen, a former senior strategy manager at the the Nigeria Breweries is the author of the book "Excellence is not by Luck" (a non fiction publication) is the first guest writer on the WIN platform. Book Lovers are hereby encouraged to come out for a literary funfilled time by 12:00noon today, saturday 14th April at  QuickSpace Health Place: 44, Community Rd, Off Allen Avenue-Ikeja. (Easily accesible through Ikeja Hotel nearly opposite Mama Cass on Allen or through Bamisile Street rather than Ogundana. It is on same street as Galaxy TV station, by Ogundele Close).  Thank you. See you there.

Ololade Ajayi, at the Launch of We The People A poet has the ability to reinforce the power of the Nigerian people to change their destiny by provoking deep conversations about the political reality of the Nation. This statement was made by Femi Falana, A senior Advocate of Nigeria at the launch of the Book, “We The People” at Sheba Centre, Ikeja Lagos on the 22 nd of December  2017. The book, we the people written by Ololade Ajayi, is a collection of satiric poems, that reaffirms the importance of accountable and democratic governance as critical for ensuring peace, as depicted in her poem titled 'We The People' (which is the theme of the book) wherein she stitches past and present events in the country into a surreal note The Book Reviewer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, who was represented at the event by his daughter, Folakemi  Falana, described the book as a fully developed artistic and literary piece that comprises not only poems, but culture and politics in a magnif