Femi Olawole
Articles by this Author
It’s Time to Save Nigeria
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 08/20/2009
- Nigeria Matters
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In spite of the nation’s vast pool of human resources both at home and abroad, all we could come up with for President was a nice, smooth gentleman who, unfortunately, happened to be very sickly and psychologically overwhelmed by the tasks at hand...
The Green Passport Reality TV Show
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 09/5/2007
- Arts & Reviews
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Every Nigerian is a critic. We love to criticize others for every problem in the world. We especially love to criticize leadership in every stratum...
Reflections In A Mirror Offer Opportunity For Objectivity
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 08/11/2005
- Life Abroad
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Without doubt, the present high crime rate in Wilmington is having some adverse effects on the economic and social landscape of an otherwise beautiful city. The city fondly described as "a place to be someone" is fast becoming a city of nobody...
Getting Practical - Time To Change The Status Quo
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 08/2/2005
- Nigeria Matters
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As a people desirous of unity and progress for our nation, we don’t have to be at some elaborate national confab before we learn to confront issues head-on and without mincing words or beating about the bush. We need to accept that during the abominable military era, justice and equity were willfully trampled by the military leaders more so, those of them who hailed from a certain geographical section of our nation...
No To Sovereign National Conference - A Review
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 07/10/2005
- Arts & Reviews
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The book, “No to Sovereign National Conference” is, without the slightest iota of doubt, a demonstration of a deep patriotic fervor by Adebayo Adejare. The book offers some very cogent ingredients that he believes will pave the way for the enthronement of unity, stability and democratic governance as a going concern in our Fatherland...
Celebrating The Nigerian Political Amazons
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 06/27/2005
- Nigeria Matters
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The women in Nigerian politics have come a long way. Theirs has been a very thorny and torturous journey through a very narrow and murky path in the nation’s political jungle...
Pride And Prejudice
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 06/14/2005
- Nigeria Matters
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For those in the West, negative projections on Africa serve a very veritable purpose. In the United States, for instance, the homeless, the hungry and the poverty-stricken members of the society and especially among the minorities only have to view or read about the “African jungles” and they’ll forever be grateful to be Americans...
James Adewale Olawole - A Tribute
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 01/19/2005
- Nigeria Matters
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As far as my father was concerned, globalization did not start with business ventures. It did with religions. His thinking therefore was that if people, across the world, could tolerate mere business ventures of different natures, origins and tastes without any acrimony, why couldn’t they do the same with the different religions?
The Real Tragedy In Anambra State
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 11/21/2004
- Nigeria Matters
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As far as the Anambra crisis is concerned, even a Nigerian infant can readily point out Chris Uba as the root cause of the crisis. In a State that has produced political giants, technocrats, and intellectuals, it’s really nauseating to see it held to ransom by a man who is generally referred to as a money-miss road...
Food For Thought: A Response to Sonala Olumhense
- By Femi Olawole
- Published 10/10/2004
- Nigeria Matters
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One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the gross inability of the most chronically cynical of Nigerian critics to tolerate the slightest form of criticism when, for once, it’s directed at them...
