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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

EVENTS AROUND YOU Its Friday, 22 nd December 2017, and the much anticipated launch of the book, “We The People”, is finally here. The book launch is scheduled to hold at Sheba Centre, 20 Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja Lagos, by 6:00PM. The Author of ‘We The People’ Ololade Ajayi, reportedly promises that the event will be a thrilling literary affair packed with poetic recitals as interludes and culture enmeshed performances. The book is a satirical collection of poems reflecting the state of the nation and depicting a deep sense of indebtedness to one’s root. Here are some of the confirmed guest’s profiles.

The duo of Poise Graduate finishing academy and Gidi Jobs has set up a fair to empower youths by training graduates on employability skills and eventually connecting them with employers. This was revealed at a job fair termed Gidi Job Summit and Young Executive Job Fair 2017, which held at 277, Babs Fafunwa in Surulere on the 7 th of December 2017. The event Featured activities such as Career Planning sections, Job Interview sessions, Networking, Career Coaching session and a Job Fair. The 2017 Gidi Job fair which was hosted by the CEO Gidi Jobs fair, Asher Adeniyi and Poise MD, Ukinebo Dare had several recruitment firms in attendance which were able to immediately recruit candidates to fill in positions. According to them, the candidates had earlier passed through the Poise academy and had been trained on Business Writing, Problem Solving Skills, Workplace Ethics, Customer Service Skills and basic ICT training among others. The partnership fair is the first of its kind c

Formal Invitation to Book Launch, :WE THE PEOPLE Sequel to the successful release and readings from her book, “We The People”, at the recently concluded 2017 Lagos Book and Arts Festival, Author Ololade Ajayi is set to launch her collection of the satiric poems reflecting her orientation about the state of the Nation and depicting a deep sense of indebtedness to one’s root. WE THE PEOPLE BY OLOLADE AJAYI WE THE PEOPLE The book, “We the People” is divided into five parts namely: 1 Infamous Laments (Satires on the state of the Nation, Nigeria) 2 Lagos, the Rumi 3 Orisun, the source (poems written in Ekiti dialect) 4 Dialectical love poems and lastly 5 Faculty of " Mentaphors"  (the author’s version of metaphorical poems). The title poem, “We The People” travels one through the journey of Nigeria, pre and post-independence, only to arrive at a destination Nigerians are yet to reach but anticipates eagerly: 2019. The book reviewer at the Launch

  Grace Mugabe at a rally In Africa, everything is about size, the size of your car, for example, even though its shaped like a coffin, determines if you are a big man/woman. For a man, the size of his belly has to be commensurate, while the size of a woman’s backside is a telltale sign of the physical and financial capability of her husband. Little wonder Since 1994, Zimbabwe had been operating solely on bottom politics from the exterior of the government house, even with a first family that no one dared name “Omo Ale”, a derogatory term that the Yoruba’s of West Africa label children that are born out of wedlock.  Mrs. Grace Mugabe had been exploiting the full use of this bottom clout to usurp power in Zimbabwe, oblivious to Robert Mugabe and everyone else who had thought of the president as the mean spirited leader. The cloud was clear penultimate week, when the Lion of Zimbabwe sheepishly signed his resignation papers after 37 years of dictatorship. Madam Mugabe is an