Onigegewura
is one month old today. And what a month it has been. With your support, the
conceptual experiment is becoming a success story. The stories have been read
and shared by thousands across almost every social media platform.
The
MKO Abiola/Afe Babalola’s story has been read more than 13,000 times.
Ejigbadero’s story was read 10,000 times within 48 hours. In 72 hours, 9,000
people read Olusegun Awolowo’s story. The Awujale’s story has been read more
than 5,000 times. In all, you have viewed the Onigegewura Blog 100, 323 times in one month! And these
figures do not include those who copied the stories and shared them on
WhatsApp, Facebook and other blogs.
I
thank you for your support. I am not ungrateful.
The
last one month has also proved to be a great learning experience for me. Your
feedbacks on each story have been so educative and informative. I have learnt
more about each of the protagonists of the stories I wrote about. I thank you.
It
is clear to me that by writing and teaching our own history, we can rediscover
our proud heritage and revive our cultural values. By celebrating our genuine
heroes and condemning the villains, we can start a movement of ethical rebirth
for this great Nation. To my mind, this generation is destined to chart a new
path for our fatherland.
As a
token of my appreciation and to encourage a revival of our history, Onigegewura
will be donating books and other materials on Nigerian History to the readers
of this blog on regularly basis.
I
will be announcing the modalities for distributing the first set of the
materials later this week.
Please follow Onigegwura at Facebook.com/onigegewurablog.
Once
again, I thank you most warmly.
Olanrewaju
Onigegewura©
PS:
I encourage my beloved readers to always identify Olanrewaju Onigegewura© as
the author of these stories when they ‘Forward As Received’. There is something
called copyright in law. Let’s change the future of this Great Nation together.
We can do it!
I saw a link to the Ejigbadero story which took me to your blog. I visit daily for new stories. The first month has really wet our appetite for great works to come. You are highly commended for this effort. By His grace, it will very soon be the No.1 blog on the net.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Many thanks for your kind wishes.
DeleteCongratulations!!!
ReplyDeleteMy heart melts at your stories, beautiful, beautiful so so beautiful. Pls kindly get in touch with me or do a mail via femifoluwa LADEHL fftcom@gmail.com, 08023004356. We can take this to greaer heights, ideas abound, pls reach me. Thanks
ReplyDeleteYou write like a poet. Onigegewura will borrow these expressions. Thanks. Our email is Onigegewurablog@gmail.com
DeleteCan believe it is one month already, your writing and narrative skills are quite captivating. More ink to your pen bisss
ReplyDeleteOnigegewura, I can't do without checking your blog. I've learned alot about us as a people. I'm grateful for the opportunity you have given us. Thanks once again. Please are you on twitter?
ReplyDeleteYasheu3, many thanks for all your comments on almost every post. I read everyone of them and I am so grateful for your very encouraging words.
DeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteIt is unbelievable that the blogs (our darling blogs) has only been exexistence for just one month. I do feel like it's been around for years. More grace to your elbow my brother.
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right. IT IS OUR BLOG! All your comments have been very supportive of this dream. I thank you.
DeleteCongratulations my brother it's not easy. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteChuks, thanks for your support. You know I value you, Sir.
DeleteGood job Baba mi! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading each of your posts. My mum and mother-in-law keep asking me for the most recent ones.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you Onigegewura. I stumbled on your blog site some days ago and shared the link to a whatsapp chat group. Your stories keep me wanting for more. It is as entertaining as it is informative and educative. More ink to your pen.
ReplyDeleteI started reading your historical write up the Ajibadero's story I w be glad if you can send me the links to your previous stories.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your writing style; unbiased, historical and simple. Keep writing and may your bic biro never dry.
ReplyDeleteAdebowale A.
Kudos Onigegewura, I am a lover of history though a medical doctor and always wondered why its easy to know American and other western history easily as compared to my own Nigerian history(maybe because it's taught in schools right from kindergarten and not only reserved for those taking history courses). I stumbled on your blog by a whatsapp link to your piece on the case of the Governor and 2 premiers and I have been hooked ever-since. I also love the way you present the history as facts without sentiments which can allow such views be challenged and you not labelled partial or biased(pls keep this in mind when enlarging your writing scope)
ReplyDeletePls heed those asking you to collaborate with nollywood and kindly widen your scope to eastern and northern Nigeria even as I realize that's alot to ask for in our present day Nigeria.
May the golden pen never be stolen.