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November 15, 2011

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Summary of Debonair book swap party

You know an event is going to be successful when guests start arriving one hour before the event is scheduled to hold. Debonair’s first in-store event, a book-swap party, attracted over three hundred guests who had a lot of fun! The event held at Debonair Bookstore on 294 Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo Yaba, Lagos on Friday 21st January 2010. The evening started with an introductory speech by the General Manager of Debonair Bookstore, Mr Okunuga. He provided basic information on how the book swap will take place and took a few questions from guests at the event. Thereafter, he invited the CEO of Debonair Bookstore, Mr Adebola Omololu for a short speech. Mr. Omololu welcomed the throngs of people at the swap party and encouraged them to network and make as many friends as possible. He also encouraged everyone to take advantage of Debonair Bookstore’s extended working hours of 9am-9pm Mondays through Saturdays as well as 12 noon to 6pm on Sundays. In addition, he told the gathered crowd that...

Running

Standing there staring at the bottom of an empty brandy glass, some of my brothers live a life of misplaced class. Always the life of the party; living on a soul that’s empty. You see somewhere inside, we’re all great pretenders, so we see ourselves through the eyes of others, frame our mindsets to fit perfectly with theirs, afraid that being different would make us outcasts in a system where being in a band of brothers is more important than the weight on the hearts of our wives and mothers. Glass after glass, it’s called being winners, living the good life, but only the strong will continue when faced with the truth, when the music stops, there’s no way to press replay, you’re simply not the piper with the flute. Seasons may come and go, nothing stays the same, but still to them it’s all a game. Living a false reality, last night was just a dream. Waking up with a girl they don’t even remember and wishing she’d just simply leave, hopefully on another night they won’t r...

What about us?

Building on momentum from a mass voter registration drive, a coalition of several youth empowerment groups and blogs, including Vote or Quench, Enough is Enough Nigeria, Sleeves Up, and Nigeria Leadership Initiative, are calling for the first-ever presidential youth centered debate in Nigeria. Looking ahead to the April elections, the debate would focus on the key issues affecting a critical voting demographic, with the age group of 30 and under representing 70% of the population. The debate will be a direct conversation with Nigerian youth, inviting presidential candidates to answer questions posed by young Nigerians, at home and abroad, via social media networks including Facebook and Twitter, text message and phone, about key topics of concern. For the first time, the candidates will have a platform to share their agenda with the nation in a live-televised format, laying out specific and concrete solutions. The debate is tentatively scheduled for the last week of March, 2011. “It is...

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