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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 magni...

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...