Originally I was planning to use this write-up to lament about the situation we currently face in Nigeria, but I have come to realize that it only drives up my blood pressure and rarely does anything else.

If you've schooled in OAU, I'm sure you must wonder why health sciences canteen is always crowded; the place can get pretty stuffy sometimes and quite frankly the food is just average. I could understand forks and fingers being crowded because it's smack at the center of the school.
It's also the same reason why you will see most of the same set of people you see at health sciences either passing by or hanging around Oduduwa basement. The same reason why law and ODLT are always crowded during exams. Some folks spend more time loitering outside and on the corridors than they do reading.

I recently came across the term "course correction" in the movie Meet the Fockers. In their own zany way, it refers to a radical adjustment of the path you are following in life.
In my 28 years on this earth, I've made mistakes; I've made them by the dozen in some cases. But despite all these, I have never failed to turn adversity into some sort of benefit. The media, design & IT skills I possess are all a product of adversity. In adversity I have grown in wisdom and experience. I've come to understand that regrets are a lack of wisdom in the time of opportunity.

This forthcoming election is truly an interesting one; with the exception of our debate-shy President, most of the candidates have shown that they have at least an idea of what is wrong with this country and how to move it forward. Identification is a good first step, but we need much more than just mere rhetoric to change Nigeria; as Mallam Shekarau said, we need sincerity of purpose.

Everybody is excited about the new voters' registration and the chance to cast their vote in the supposed mother of all elections in Nigeria. Social networking sites are rife with #RSVP; an acronym for register, select, vote and protect. It would seem like all is well and that our President has good intentions. The appointment of Jega as the INEC chairman has been praised in every corner because he is an upright and incorruptible person (so they say).

It would appear that before their promo at the Palms, very few people had heard about Main One aside from us geeks. But I'm not sure that those who experienced the speed during the festive period would be able to say the same. The gist spread like wildfire on twitter and facebook, 'they have speed and it's for real'. Sadly though it has come to an end (it should before they run Swift off the road).

In the aftermath of the Delta rerun elections, there is very little to look forward to in national politics. As it is, we should expect credible and peaceful elections only in states where the incumbent governor has performed and served his people. Lagos under Fashola and Cross River under Duke are great examples although it may appear now that the former has issues with the electorate over certain infrastructural decisions.

I've been following this whole October 1st bomb debacle and as things stand, I am amused but not surprised at it all. Now it seems like if your surname is Okah you had better go swear an affidavit to change it or get out of the country (preferrably to a country that Nigeria cannot bully diplomatically).
I have to question the role of the rule of law in it all; since when did being related to a yet to be proven 'criminal' become a crime. I don't see the rest of the Abacha clan in prison if I'm wrong.

Today is October 1st, and there's a lot of buzz and excitement in the air about Nigeria turning 50. I never cease to be amazed at the kind of foolish optimism and faith we Nigerians keep putting in this country; foolish because our optimism is neither backed by actions or by fact. We seem to imagine that without lifting a finger this country is suddenly going to turn around and steer itself towards greatness. Our educational system is a failure, our electricity program is failing and more importantly we have failed ourselves by our self-styled Nigerian factor.

So I've finally been able to put up this blog after many weeks of procrastinating. For me the blog is just a way of expressing my opinion on a lot of contemporary (and maybe medieval) issues.
I feel like a burden has been lifted now that I've finally completed this task. Now I think it's time to move on to the next one. Expect a few words from me soon!