Ololade Adewuyi

A graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ololade Adewuyi is a journalist based in Ghana. Currently attached to Ovation International Magazine, he is an avid reader, speaker and photographer. He has also written for The Guardian, Lagos, The Star and Business Week both in Accra. When not writing for the media, he takes time to write poetry and short stories.  He intends to make his own films in the future. Email. Blog.
Health

Testing for HIV

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Do sane people ever walk themselves to a clinic to test for HIV? That was the question that crossed my mind yesterday as I sat opposite a female counselor at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital...
Introspective

Metaphor of the Beard

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I remember growing up and wanting to have beard. At fifteen, all I ever dreamt of was having a face covered with hair. Why? Just so I could be respected by everybody around...
Africa

Meeting A Hero

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Dreams do come true. And no one has it happened to more than me. Here I was standing in a room packed full of seasoned diplomats, reputable public servants and private business owners awaiting the arrival of my hero...
Nigeria Matters

A Giant Goes To The Polls

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In a few days, Nigeria, Africa's most populated country and sub Saharan Africa's second largest economy, will go to the polls in elections that are hoped will mark the country's first successful civilian to civilian transfer of power...
Africa

From Nkrumah to Kufuor: Blazing the African Torch

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It has been said by many people that the problem of Africa is a problem of leadership. But one also needs emphasise that the ordinary man and woman on the streets and in the office have a great part to play...
Nigeria Matters

How the Church Got Her Groove Back

Ololade Adewuyi -
The body of Christ in Nigeria took back what they had lost to the world with the successful staging of The Experience in Lagos last week. In an industry where it is the norm to charge gate toll in accordance with the caliber and number of performers, the organizers threw the gates wide open...
Nigeria Matters

I thank God for Esther, ADC Plane Crash Survivor

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It is not often that one happens to personally know the survivor of an accident not to talk of the survivor of a deadly plane crash...
Introspective

For Mama Abigail Arokoyu

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I didn't shed a tear when I was told that Ye Wande had passed on. I knew she had gone to be with the Lord. I can't tell her age because back then when she was born, there was no record keeping...
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