Nigeria’s first women radio station hits airwaves

The stage is set for Nigeria’s first ever radio station exclusively for women folk and the family to hit the air­waves as the National Broad­casting Commission (NBC) recently issued licence to St. Ives Communications.

Christened WFM 91.7, it’s the brainchild of Dr. Wale, Chief Medical Director, St. Ives Specialist Hospital, Lagos, and veteran broadcast journalist, Toun Okewale Sonaiya, a Director of St. Ives Communications.

WFM 91.7 will formally com­mence operations in preparation for its test transmission after it wraps up its selection process for OAPs.

According to Sonaiya: “Though we are licensed for women, WFM 91.7 will also cater for the men and the family by engaging on issues of local, national and inter­national importance for all. It will operate 24 hours of talk and less music. The station will address everyday issues for women and their families. It will be a reliable, leading and trusted source for all related news, information and matters of interests for women and their families.”

On his part, Dr. Wale said that he believed that the initiative will improve the lot of Nigerian women as the radio station will provide a platform to engage on issues of local, national and inter­national importance for Nigerian women, and its programming will be targeted towards the advance­ment and the social wealth of Nigerian women and their families and provide the womenfolk access to a quality, informative and enter­taining programming that will cut across business, politics, sports, news and entertainment from the perspective of women.

NIGERIANS DID NOT VOTE "A HOLY PRESIDENT" ~Demola Obanise

I was enjoying the dialogue among Femi Okurohunmu, Dino Melaye and another whose name I can't remember now on Channels Television; Politics Today, until our Senator; Dino Melaye dropped the ball by referring to President Buhari as "Our Holy President" to the jiggle of Seun Okinbaloye who could not but noticed the appalling eulogies from our loquacious Melaye.

I get confused and saddened whenever I hear statements like this, especially when they are coming from highly placed personalities in a venerated Party like the APC. And the reason for this, often time, is not far fetched, when you are legendary for playing to the gallery as a self acclaimed speaker, you would say gibberish. APC as a Party that rode to power with a stern promise to champion a course of CHANGE from the putrefaction of yesterday can't  afford to be caught, exhibiting symptoms of oral diarrhea like this in her desperate bid to project PMB's probity, especially on National Television !

Again, the way Senator Melaye, a Parliamentarian and Megaphone of the upper Chamber of the Nigerian Legislature, praises the Executive head to heavens these days, one would expect him to be cautioned and reminded of his critical role and stop struggling for space in the media with the likes of Lai Mohammed, Femi Adesina and sheu Garba who are doing well in their public projection of APC and President Buhari respectively. When you begin to defend the one you are expected to act as a watchdog over, saying Buhari is so holy (No one holly pass my brother🎼), then that lack of understanding of your role as Senator would've cost us the democratic benefits of separation of Powers.

Oga face your job, you are the spokesman for the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria not Buhari ! Nigerians are contented with the admired description of Mr. President as; "Incorruptible President". Don't put unbearable burden of titles on a hard working fragile President who's fixing the delicate Economy bequeathed to us by your former Party, the Peoples Democratic Party . This is our APC with an incorruptible PMB we voted for !

This is how you guys praised 'Goodluck' out of Oga President Jonathan so much his greatly flaunted political luck (with no commensurate competence) deserted him when needed most. Even the one you tagged 'Mama Peace' must have now lost her 'Patience' for those unending hypocritical praises.

So, Oga Dino, start making laws not mouth  !

Demola Obanise