OLOLADESATIRIC

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 Mug...

PETER OBI: YOUTHS, TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY The former governor of Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi has sent out a message to young Nigerians to take back their country in order to change the narrative of Nigerian politics. Peter Obi speaking at NAPE 2017 This statement was made at the convention luncheon of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists on Tuesday, 21 st of November 2017 at the EKO hotels in Lagos. Peter obi, who was the guest speaker alongside Dr. Kayode Fayemi at the event, spoke on changes in the global oil price and impact on Nigeria Economy. He said that statistical evidence proof that Nigeria operates an Oil dependent economy which would definitely run into problems once the sector experience global pricing issues. This is due to the fact that the Oil and Gas Sector (especially Petroleum exports) are the major contribution to Nigeria GDP. He however attributed this problems to economic mismanagement by the government as the Country barely saves...