Niran Adedokun

Niran Adedokun

Niran Adedokun is a public relations practitioner, lawyer and writer who has experience in the private, government and non-governmental sectors. He is the author of Ladies Calling the Shots, a profile of seventeen top female film and television directors in Nigeria, released in 2017. Adedokun is the publisher of eelive.ng and a columnist with The PUNCH and The Cable newspapers. His largely non-partisan pieces advocate for responsible governance as well as a dutiful and alert citizenry. He argues that unless everyone wakes up to their responsibility, a better Nigeria will remain a dream. His other books are The Danfo Driver in All of Us and Other Essays, a compilation of his reflections on national issues; The Law Is an Ass, a collection of fictional short stories; and the recently released The Man, the Soldier, the Patriot: Biography of Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru. He is a long-time associate and mentee of Mr Adenuga and is co-author of An Unusual Biography: Wale Adenuga MFR.

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  • Ethnicity Eats, Corruption Feasts: A Columnist’s Insights on Nigeria

    Ethnicity Eats, Corruption Feasts: A Columnist’s Insights on Nigeria is Niran Adedokun’s second captivating collection of essays following the 2020 release of Danfo Driver in All of Us. In this thought-provoking book, the author dissects the complex web of challenges that have long plagued this vibrant nation.

    He explores the intricate relationship between ethnicity and politics, and how this dynamic has influenced the country’s socio-economic landscape. The essays unravel the layers of corruption that have infiltrated every aspect of Nigerian society and the devastating consequences they inflict on the country.

    Ethnicity Eats, Corruption Feasts offers readers a unique perspective on Nigeria’s past, present, and future. It takes an incisive look at the overt religiousness of Nigerians and why the country remains a cesspool of vices regardless. The collection is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Nigeria’s complex socio-political environment and how every citizen can contribute to making the country greater.

    7,000.00
  • An Unusual Biography: Wale Adenuga MFR

    In this compelling book, An Unusual Biography, Wale Adenuga MFR, the visionary founder of Wale Adenuga Productions (WAP) and the creative mastermind behind the iconic television shows “The Ajasco Family”, “Binta My Daughter”, and “The Super Story”, takes readers on an extraordinary journey through his inspirational life. The book shares a wealth of life lessons drawn from his childhood, adolescence, and the challenges and joys of building a family. The book also provides profound insights on the quest for discovering one’s passion, and indispensable business and management advice gleaned from his illustrious career at WAP. This riveting biography is a tapestry of a great man’s journey of self-discovery and triumph spanning the last four decades. It will leave every reader inspired, motivated, and brimming with a renewed zeal for life.

    10,000.00
  • The Law Is An Ass

    They say fiction is an extension of the factual. Niran Adedokun’s The Law is an Ass, features nine short stories that seem like fictional manifestations of the concerns in his second book, The Danfo Driver in All of Us. In this collection, Niran continues his jeremiad about Nigeria, with stories about sexual shenanigans (both real and imagined), corruption, poverty and deprivation as well as a heady cocktail of other problems that beset a third world country like Nigeria. These stories, told in simple but gripping prose, will hold you in thrall like the tale of the Ancient Mariner.

    – Toni Kan, author, The Carnivorous City

    These stories have tricky plots, appearing simple and linear in design with seductive and elegant prose. Line after line, paragraph after  paragraph, we grow to love the protagonists.

    – Jahman Anikulapo, former Arts Editor and Editor  of The Guardian on Sunday

     

    The author leads you from randomness to some unexpected cataclysmic event in his stories. One minute you are innocently traipsing through the gullies of life and the next thing, Nigeria happens to you. The stories are like short films, vivid and captivating.

    – Mildred Okwo, filmmaker and writer

     

    Niran’s stories are populated by characters who are our neighbours, our friends, our colleagues and members of our family. He offers us  an entertaining and educative read that is vivid,  engaging and throbbing.

    – Olukorede Yisha, author, In The Name of our Father and Secret Vaults

    They say fiction is an extension of the factual. Niran Adedokun’s The Law is an Ass, features nine short stories that seem like fictional manifestations of the concerns in his second book, The Danfo Driver in All of Us. In this collection, Niran continues his jeremiad about Nigeria, with stories about sexual shenanigans (both real and imagined), corruption, poverty and deprivation as well as a heady cocktail of other problems that beset a third world country like Nigeria. These stories, told in simple but gripping prose, will hold you in thrall like the tale of the Ancient Mariner.

    – Toni Kan, author, The Carnivorous City

     

    These stories have tricky plots, appearing simple and linear in design with seductive and elegant prose. Line after line, paragraph after  paragraph, we grow to love the protagonists.

    – Jahman Anikulapo, former Arts Editor and Editor  of The Guardian on Sunday

     

    The author leads you from randomness to some unexpected cataclysmic event in his stories. One minute you are innocently traipsing through the gullies of life and the next thing, Nigeria happens to you. The stories are like short films, vivid and captivating.

    – Mildred Okwo, filmmaker and writer

    Niran’s stories are populated by characters who are our neighbours, our friends, our colleagues and members of our family. He offers us  an entertaining and educative read that is vivid,  engaging and throbbing.

    – Olukorede Yisha, author, In The Name of our Father and Secret Vaults

    5,000.00
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    The Danfo Driver in All of Us

    The Danfo Driver in All of Us is a collection of newspaper commentaries on the state of the nation by Niran Adedokun. This collection of essays discusses subject matters like domestic violence, corrupt politicians, the corruption in Nigerian churches and hypocrisy of pastors, the recklessness of danfo drivers, maternal mortality among others. This collection aims to make us reflect on ourselves as Nigerians and check if we are indeed different from the Danfo Driver.

    3,500.00
  • Ladies Calling The Shots

    The new Nigerian Cinema, Nollywood, owes its global admiration in part to its open-arm attention to gender balance. As talented and beautiful faces won audiences over, many female professionals drew attention to the strength and spectacle that endeared this pivotal industry to audiences around the world.

    Niran Adedokun’s Ladies Calling the Shots has perhaps drawn the most critical attention to the role of female directors in Nollywood. From Lola Fani-Kayode’s pioneering work to Amaka Igwe’s bold narratives, to the work of Mildred Okwo and Tope Oshin. This book is an ode to the Ladies who call the shots in Nigerian film.

    5,000.00