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WOULDN”T YOU RATHER BE A SHORT MAN?

2012-05-23T18:46:00.000+01:00

Is there really something dreadful in being short? Do the tall guys have any advantage over the short ones? What are the merits/advantages of being a short man?

These are the questions to which you shall have convincing (or confusing, as the case may be) answers to at the conclusion of this piece.

When you ask most girls their type of man, they will inform you that they crave for a dark, wide-chested, humorous, charming, rich, tall man. Nonsense! My problem with them is that they don’t even know what they want. If he’s tall, does that make him better than a short man? If he’s tall, does that mean he’s superior when it comes to the real thing?

1. Let us commence with a very undemanding analogy. If you were given a bottle of big coke (orobo) and a bottle of guinness, which would you opt for? You may wish to find out what they cost if you’ve not purchased either in recent times - that is, if you survive on free drinks.

Ok. You don’t do alcohol, neither do I (unless when I’m tempted to). Which would you pick between a bottle of coke (orobo for that matter) and a bottle of maltina? Isn’t a bottle of coke bigger than the maltina or guinness? You should know what maltina kan and miliki olope can do!

This coke analogy, I discovered from a comedy made by Gospo.com back in Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University). Gospo.com is a comedy gospel group – or is it gospel comedy group? Just pick the one you like.
It was that show that made me think about some other merits (I prefer it to “advantages” cos it’s shorter!) of being short.

Morals: The taste or quality is not in the height.

2. Imagine yourself as a footballer. Who would you rather be? A (tall) Yakubu Ayegbeni or (short) Lionel Messi, who is actually one of the shortest footballers alive. You know how our tall Yabuku brought us back home from South Africa, by blowing clear chances that some of our old grannies would have converted to a goal.
Even Jay Jay Okocha is short just like Maradona, one of the greatest to have played the game of soccer.

So, wouldn’t you rather be a short Messi than a tall Yabuku or Sanni Keita?

3. Even mathematics has proved that it is better to be a short man than a tall man. Now let’s consider these equations stated below. If you have mathephobia, be scared not, as this is going to be very easy. Remember, even “yours truly” is not very fond of maths.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7+ 8 + 9 – 2 + 3 + 4 + 5+ 6+ 7+ 8 + 9 = 1 --------> Equation 1
300 + 700 = 1000 ---------->Equation 2

So, which is longer/taller & which is bigger? Is it not the answer that matters? Wouldn’t you rather have 1000 than 1?

Morals: Your “man” is not necessarily “bigger” because he is tall or long.

4. Let us use the bank analogy.
GTB - wouldn’t you rather bank with us? SKYE Bank - saying yes, FCMB – these are all short-lettered banks and they are not distressed!

Would you rather be In-ter-con-ti-nen-tal-bank-of-ni-ge-ria-p-l-c? Or O-ce-a-nic-in-ter-na-tio-nal-bank?

These long banks are distressed, at least, according to CBN – another short name there! They have been consumed by short-lettered banks - Acess Bank and Ecobank!

Let us even consider their headquarters. Union Bank building is the tallest building in Nigeria, check it out on Marina Street, Lagos – about 30 stories. Even First Bank which has its headquaters on the same street is not as tall. You may wish to pay a visit to Afribank Street in Victoria Island Lagos. They also have a very tall building on Broadsteet. whereas, GTB headquarters (before they moved out of their Oyin Jolayemi offices) is just four or five stories. You may wish to compare how strong these banks are.

Morals: Again, it is not by height but by content.

5. Let us consider a situation whereby armed robbers are in the neigbourhood. It is easier for a short man to escape than a tall man. A short man may even hide himself inside a ghana-must-go bag or apo saka. Can a tall man do that?
That is why even kidnappers know that it is easier doing business by kidnapping tall men. Pete Edoche and those five journalists kidnapped the other time are all tall – and their chances of escape were pretty difficult. Once you capture them, it won’t be easy for them to escape. Good business for the kidnapper, trouble for their tall victims!

Why should you be a victim of stockholm syndrome because of your height?

Ladies and gentlemen, with these few afore-mentioned (that word is not short, anyway) points, I hope I’ve been able to convince you – or if you still can’t be convinced- I’ve been able to confuse you (convince and confuse sha sound similar) that it is better to be short than to be tall or long.

So, WOULDN’T YOU RATHER BE A SHORT MAN?

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IF MEN DON’T CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES...

2012-05-16T19:29:00.000+01:00

There is no gainsaying that no woman wants her man to cheat on her. No lady wants to share the res with another lady (ladies), hence the popular Yoruba saying, orisa je n pe meji obirin o de’nu. Literally put, it means “No woman (or a girl or babe, as the case may be) will genuinely wish for her husband/man to have another wife/babe.”

I had some thinking on this issue and I came to the conclusion that the world will perhaps will be worse for it if all men are faithful to their wives or girlfriends. It may sound crazy but ladies should put aside their personal feelings for the greater good of all – isn’t that what the concept of utilitarianism teaches?

Below are some of the reasons why I so hold:

1. Eatery/Restaurant

A visit to any eatery today will make you realize that an average man is visiting with a woman who is neither his wife nor his "only" girlfriend. Eateries employ thousands of Nigerians, and I’m sure more than 70% of their sales will disappear if some old-shameless-60-year-olds don’t take some sweet 16’s there. Can you imagine the number of jobs that would be lost if men become miraculously faithful overnight?

2. GSM Companies & Recharge Cards

Of the truth be told, how many men can talk for one hour non-stop on the phone if the person on the other line is not a dazzling (not always though) babe with some benefits attached or in the least, with some anticipated benefits? How many men can send 15 text messages in 5 minutes if the recipient is not a babe?

4. Comedians & Showbiz – Who will attend Night of a thousand laughs? Is it not concubines that men “carry” there? Do you really think those men who attend enjoy the shows? These days, they organize shows and tickest for a table sell for as high as 500k, you think a man will take the real madam there?!

Basketmouth would be somewhere wasting away, just because women don’t want their men to cheat? Hell no! If for nothing else, let all women consider Basket, let cheating go on!

5. What will be the essence of val. All those cakes and gifts, who shall they be delivered to? some people's lives depend on money made from all these. Dont be selfish babes! Let your men cheat...

6. Silverbird Galleria will close down!

Do you think an average man will watch a movie with 3k when he could easily buy a N150 CD to achieve the same aim?

7. Blackberry services. How many husbands use it to chat with their wives? Is it not because of the concubines and several babes?

8. What will Psychiatrists be doing. There will be no wife who has gone gaga because her husband is dating an 18 year old. Won’t Psychiatrists be sent out of business?

9. Doctors whose practice thrive on abortion may become armed robbers overnight if they don’t have fetuses to remove.

All these people will take to crime if they are nice people. If they are wicked, they join Boko haram or Niger Delta Militants.

Even all the wives at home work in all these places! You wanna push yourself out of job just because your man is cheating on you?

Let the cheating go on!!!

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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE... Presidential Edition with PRESIDENT GHADDAFFI

2012-05-16T19:02:00.002+01:00

Frank Edoho: Your Excellency, since you don't know this question... which life line are you going to use? We have 3 - "phone a friend", "ask the audience" or "50-50". You may however decide to walk away with the loot you've got for over 40 years!

Ghaddafi: Walk away at this point? Forget that! I'm a soldier I will never give up! If I could make things happen at the age of 27, I can even do better now!

Frank Edoho: Your Excellency, the king of kings in Africa, are you going to ask the audience then? Ghaddafi: Frank, are you this dumb? Which audience? I can't ask the audience! Can't you see they have been protesting that I should leave power? Asking the audience is like committing suicide. And I will rather kill myself instead of committing suicide!

Frank Edoho: I'm sorry your Excellency. I should have known the audience will be biased. Ok let's call a friend! Who should we call?

Ghaddafi: If I came for this program some years back, it would have been good. Fidel Castro is very ill now. In your country, Nigeria, trouble makers would have insisted he's dead now. Is that not what you people did with Y’aradua? We can't call Castro, he won't pick. I'd have called Mubarak of Egypt but his own audience messed him up big time.

Frank Edoho: But there are other leaders you can call sir

Ghaddaffi: Who else? Mugabe will be scared that NATO will bomb him if he picks my call. And your own President cannot even think of anything on his own! I heard you people even question his PHD...what nonsense?! I can't call him...he will give a wrong answer especially if he has patience around. It takes a lot of patience to live with a woman who throws missiles that often!

Frank Edoho: it appears 50-50 is the only life line you want to use then since you have insisted you are not going to walk away

Ghaddafi: I told you to forget about walking away! I'v spent only 4 decades in power; it’s too early to retire. I'll use 50-50. Its either I win or I lose. But if I should win, my enemies will be in deep shit! Hey Moussa Ibrahim, please start compiling their names…

Frank Edoho: Before we proceed sir, what is the correct spelling of your name? Is it Q-A-D-A-F-F-I, G-H-A-D-D-A-F-I or K-H-A-D-D-A-F-I? I will want to ask the question on this program one day…

Gaddaffi: Frank, don't mind the western press. They like spoiling someone’s name. Didn't you see the different versions of Bin Ladin's name? There was Osama. There was also Usama!

*Moussa Ibrahim, Ghaddafi's spokesman, rushes in*

Moussa Ibrahim: (panting) Mr. President, we are under severe attacks by NATO and the terrorists! We need to "run away" sir!

Ghaddaffi: (standing up immediately) Frank, it appears I'll use a 4th lifeline you didn't mention... "Run away!" There's dignity in running away! Its better than walking away. ... & Ghaddaffi runs away!

*the end*

*this note was updated on my facebook page weeks before ghaddafi was captured*

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4 reasons why Democracy is better than Military government

2011-08-28T14:15:00.000+01:00

Here are some of the reasons I concur with late Chief Gani Fawehinmi that "the worst democracy is better than the best military government"

1. Freedom to join political parties even if you are a judicial officer.

This is something you can find only in a democratic setting. All political activities are banned in a military government hence you are not allowed to align yourself with any political party or association. This is different in a democracy. All persons, and I mean all persons are allowed to belong to any political party; even the Chief Justice of the Federation. With the recent crises between the Chief Justice of the Federation and the President of the Court of Appeal, we now know who is in PDD and the person in the ACN.

Come to think of it the Chairmanship stool in PDP is vacant. The CJN will also retire this month. I hereby nominate the CJN to take over as the Chairman of the biggest political party in Africa (or the southern hemisphere, if there is anything like that). Any seconder?

2. Two old fools can throw missiles at themselves without any restriction.

If it were to be in a military government, a decree could have been made specifically to restrain these old "ages". I intentionally ommit the "s". Only the likes of Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikwe, Tafawa Balewa deserve it.

What I like with Obj and IBB is that none of them has claimed exculisivity to being a fool. Neither has also claimed to be a greater fool as they have left us spectators to determine that. Not even the Commander-in-Chief alone can decide that.

Abacha could have unilaterally declared a winner by now! Not in a democracy.... I love democracy!

#Freedom to decide who the greater fool is.

3. In what form of government can u get an entertainer as first lady apart from democracy.

Did Mariam Abacha ever made you laugh till the point that you were crying? Only DAMN, sorry DAME can do that! Even Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon is threatened. Wole Soyinka is also bordered that another African may now win the Nobel prize in "English language".

It is however unfortunate taht Mr. President has unilaterally taken her out of circulation. He even did that without a resolution of the National Assembly. Isn't that an impeachable offence? But it is not good to throw away the bad water with the baby. Or is it the other way round?

Mr. President has a defence anyway, the first lady is away on internship. She is in hollywood learning to be a better entertainer. We all know Nollywood is not that desired apart from being the "second biggest movie producer in the world"

You may want to say all these trainnings abroad amount to a waste of tax payers money. But come to think of it, NIPSS doesn't have any program on entertainment yet. That is apart from the fact that Jos has not stopped boiling. We dont want to send our national asset to that place. Hollywood is it!

Dame, we miss you, though Jonathan misses you more. We cant wait to have you back!

4. Democracy forgives, military governement does not.

Democracy is like Christianity & Islam. No matter how "bad" u have been, u can always repent. That's exactly what Dr. Reuben Abati has done by crossing to the other sidde. Jonathan & "our fellow widow" have forgiven and forget (?) all what Abati wrote against them in the past. They are now under the same "umblella".

That will happen only under a democracy. Under IBB? a letter bomb would have been sent to Abati even before he repented of his sins.

Wouldn't you rather vote for democracy?

REMINISCENCE OF IFE (Part 2): Think law, Think Kenny: The LSS Elections (1))

2010-08-24T17:12:00.000+01:00

My involvement in politics in Ife was by accident because I wouldn’t have had anything to do with politics if I didn’t meet Francis-King Akinlotan. I will discuss how we met sometimes in LLB. 2 later in the series.

My first involvement in the Law Students Society (LSS) politics was during the Faro elections. I worked alongside Francis, Tolani Adebagbo, Akin Dada, Etomilade, Dayo Fagbemi, Kenny and other members of a group that would later be named NATO. My first contact with Ola Faro was at a sitting of the Law Students Representative Council (LSRC) and I fell in love with him. He talked very smoothly and passionately. The next time I saw him, it was at the meeting of National Association of Muslim Law Students (NAMLAS) at OAU Central Mosque. There was an argument about whether Muslim Students Society (MSS) could control NAMLAS and I was impressed with his presentation which swayed most of us, the junior students, to his side. Then I was in LLB. 2.

Francis drafted me into the Faro election team and it was a keenly contested election which Faro won. Other contestants were Tayo Ojo (the class rep), Banji and Tony. Kunle-King Alabi who I shall mention later in this note supported Tony. That election created a faro caucus in the Faculty of Law and we stayed on the same side for most part of our stay on campus when politics was in issue.

My involvement in politics made me realize that even if you try to play according to the rules, others won’t; so you don’t expect others to be fair on you. It is like expecting that the bull will not attack you just because you are vegetarian.

The Law Students Society (LSS) of OAU remains the most influential student organization in the school. Therefore an election into its Exco is second only to that of the Students Union on campus.

I do not know how Kenny’s emergence as our candidate came about but we knew far ahead. The election occurred when we were in LLB. 4 (Year 2006, August) but preparations began when we were in part 3. Then the major contenders were Ayo Akenroye (Ayo Governor) and Kehinde Ajetunmobi (Think Law). However at that time, Kenny appeared to be the favourite. He was more popular in the Faculty due to his involvement in the activities of LSS right from his part 1 days. This opinion that Kenny was the favourite was going to change a few months later.

I remember a discussion I had with Kunle-King Alabi (King) on our way to a lecture at Health Sciences when we were in part 3 along the passage way by the Humanities blocks. King later became a staunch Ayo Governor supporter and a leader of the WARSAW group, a group that championed Ayo Governor’s cause and other anti NATO causes. He mentioned to me that we seemed to be too confident of Kenny’s chances but he assured me that it was going to be tough all the way. From our discussion, I understood him to mean that Kenny was more likely to win but it was not going to be easy as we thought. Some months later, I realized I misunderstood him but that they were ready to make sure Ayo governor defeat Kenny.

Everything appeared to be in order for our camp until the beginning of our Part 4 when the new Part 1 guys were admitted. Let me explain how things were before they started going south.

Each member of TEAM KENNY had an asset which was important politically. Kenny himself is a very friendly person who is also lovable. Girls won’t stop flocking around him (that’s a real asset in LSS!). He was a journalist, an active member of various organizations within and outside the Faculty of law (Equity Chambers, CLF, Amnesty, various LSS committees and others). I remember there was uproar when he was given an award as the most active member of the Law week organizing committee during Faro’s tenure. Some people felt Faro was indirectly preparing Kenny for LSS presidency. I am however very sure that not many people could dispute Kenny’s commitment to the Society even to the detriment of his academics.

Akin Dada, who also contested and became the General-Secretary of LSS, was another great asset. For the duration our stay on campus, I doubt if anyone equaled his record in organizing tutorials for juniors and mates alike. This obviously made him a very important political asset because of his influence on his “students” (and they were so many).

Francis-Akinlotan, my twin brother, was another great asset. He was popular due to his wide sense of humour. He is the type that makes you wonder if he ever has any moment of seriousness; and guess what he does. Personally, I felt he was the best political strategist we ever had. I don’t know if that was due to his involvement in some mainstream politics at that time. Like Egbon Goke and Honourable, he belonged to Alliance for Democracy (AD) and later the Action Congress (AC). He was also a member of the Pundit Press, ACJ and an active member of the LSRC, a Council he later led as the Speaker. His emergence as the Speaker is yet another story to be told in the future.

Dayo Fagbemi made history when he became the Chairman of Equity Chambers at the end of our Part 3 going to Part 4. The post is normally reserved for Part 4 students going to 5. The chambers I must admit was the most successful at that time though I belonged to Liberation Chambers which has since grown bigger. He was also the head of Amnesty International in OAU. Dayo was also very active alongside Dammy Alamu (who later became a contender for LSS Presidency alongside Kenny) in Moot competitions where they represented OAU within and outside Nigeria. He was also a very influential personality in the Faculty.

Femi Okin, LSS work horse as we used to call him is yet another asset. This is someone you can’t but admire if you have a cause to work with him. He is not the type that will wait on responsibilities assigned him on a project; he will rather ensure that the whole group or committee delivers on time.

Etomilade Oduola, also a former Chairman of Equity Chambers, was yet another asset in our arsenal. A journalist per excellence, he had contacts across all the classes. Team KENNY was a team work that involved many other people who I shall mention later in the series.

Allen Emokpae, Niyi Adediji, Joba Oloba, Damola Lamikanra, Wale Odeleye, Adebagbo Tolani, Lama among others also worked tirelessly for Team KENNY.

Later, Henry Orarotimi (Your law is my law (right?)) and Dammy Alamu (Change ’06 – Obama must have stolen this from Dammy) emerged as candidates. There were rumours of Toyin Ibigbami and Kemi Bonuola (Woman on Top) joining the race.

Let me make a few comments about the other contestants here.

Henry was the first class rep our class had in Part 1 but was removed that same semester he was elected. He never got over that incidence as his popularity in the class never improved. When we started campaign in Mozambique Hall for the Part 1 girls then, he already had a few supporters but when the race became very hot, he lost most of them to either Kenny or Ayo Governor.

Dammy’s emergence came as a shock to most of us in Kenny’s camp. Her closeness to a good number of our members amplified the shock. The fact that he was the only female in the race, a formidable one for that matter, made matters worse for us. And Mayowa Arokodare (Aroks) was behind her! Aroks is one of the many mistakes we made during build-up to that election. We wrongly assumed a lot of people were on our side so we didn’t do enough in carrying them along. Aroks was one of them. At that time, Aroks was just coming all out (again) to become what he is today, so his popularity was not in doubt. That taught us a very big lesson because I still believe Dammy would not have achieved half of what she did without Aroks. You can also be sure that the Beijing conference cannot be ruled out in a department where almost half, if not more, of the students are female.

Ayo Governor was the greatest threat throughout the process. He was my class rep in Labour Law class in Part 2. His first major engagement in Politics was in part 3 when he contested against Titi Fadairo, who myself and Francis supported, for the post of LSS Treasurer. Titi won that election to be a member of the Chucks led Exco. So in Part 4 when our paths crossed again (politically), it was like we were destined to always be on opposing sides. Opposition has since stopped. The young man is getting married soon and I wish him a happy married life. Both Ayo and Kenny ended up doing their Post Graduate studies in Canada.

When the new Part 1 resumed in 2005, it was then Ayo Governor showed us he meant business. In a matter of few weeks, he had that class. I will never forget the speed with which he did that because throughout the period of campaign, Kenny trailed and never caught up with him in that class. By the end of 1^st Semester in 2005/2006, it no longer appeared that Kenny was the favourite.

Henry Orarotimi, though not much of a threat throughout the election, was gathering momentum, Dammy Alamu, reinvigorated by Aroks and Richard Olakulehin (Koomson) was taking a good number of Kenny’s supporters away, Ayo Governor had almost total control of a very important class, LLB 1 as he continued to move in other classes and kenny’s team started making some mistakes.

An otherwise undisputable and guaranteed election for Kenny was turning into a nightmare!

. . .

To be continued

Sagay: REMINISCENCE OF IFE (Part 1): Intro

2010-08-24T13:22:00.000+01:00

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REMINISCENCE OF IFE (Part 1): Intro

2010-08-24T13:19:00.000+01:00

My memories of Ife are many, perhaps very many. This series will pick out some very memorable memories of my experience in OAU. Permit me to start by stating how I found my way to “the source”.

Let me start by how I came to know about Ife. Possibly the first time I heard about Ife, was like many Yoruba kids who are thought that world indeed evolved from there – the source. Validity of those stories are not the subject of discuss here, I know that will make a good write-up another day.

The next time I heard about Ife, it was Obafemi Awolowo University. Kindly forgive my grammatical sense as I will use Ife and OAU as synonyms in the rest of this piece. As a kid, the following are the tertiary institutions I first learnt about: Federal Polytechnic Offa, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Ibadan and the Polytechnic Ibadan (in that order). All these I knew before I was six or seven. Then, University of Lagos later, maybe that’s because I stayed in Ibadan while growing up. This can also not be dissociated from the fact that people around me refused to go to other schools. These are apart from Cambridge and Oxford which I learnt about but can’t remember how like many kids of my generation.

My love for Ife was rekindled with a discussion I had with Sanmi Akintayo at Caring & Sharing Muslim Centre, Scout-Camp Challenge in 1998 (I think). He just returned from a trip he made to see his elder brother at Ife and we had a discussion in front of “Mama Alidu Kiosk”. Wale Laja-Akintayo was one of the best dancers in Spirit of David (SOD) at that time. I later saw him perform alongside others in “The Last Man Standing”, one of the best shows I watched at Amphi in 2002. SOD used to be the biggest on Campus then but it was being rivaled by many other dance groups by the time I was leaving Ife. They include Ambassage, which I think was the second biggest in my earlier years at Ife, Shake’em Up, Alien Nation and others.

Sanmi himself like every other member of their family is a great dancer. Sanmi told me about the beauty of the school, the freedom and the very interesting life that students lived. I remember him talk about how students could walk around in the school as late (or early) as 4.00 am without the fear of being attacked by anyone. Of particular interest was his admiration for law students he saw on campus – the white and black thing. At that time, Sanmi himself was looking forward to an admission into the Faculty of Law OAU but that didn’t materialize before he left for the States. That was the day I made up my mind that it was either Ife or Ife.

Earlier in life, I attended Adeyemi Nursery & Primary School, Scout-Camp & Ibadan Grammar School at Molete both in Ibadan. I obviously didn’t want to spend more years reading in Ibadan – another good reason for it to be Ife, abi? I remember attending a wedding in UI where the bride attended Staff School UI, Abadina College UI and the University of Ibadan where she was also doing her Masters. Don’t forget the venue for her wedding was also inside UI!

By year 1999, I already had information about virtually all major schools in Nigeria though I had only visited UI, Ibadan Poly and OSU (I think).

My resolve to attend Ife was also ignited by the veneration I had for Razaq Anafi. If there’s another place with sweet memories that have refused to leave my brain, it is the Caring & Sharing Muslim Center where I met Razaq Anafi. He, Diekola Onaolapo, Maruf Olatunji and others were big “brosses” that we looked up to. He can talk and act very well with an outstanding sense of humour. He was also very intellectually sound as he seemed to have an opinion about almost any topic. I don’t need to say that he was a student of OAU then. He however left in either 1999 or 2000, giving him enough time to run away before I entered in 2001. I remember sleeping in his house on my first visit to Abuja in 2007 when I went there to resume at the Nigeria Law School.

So even before I was eligible to have a Matric No. at Ife, I was already an Ife “fanatic”. I was very elated to meet any great Ife – I never knew other universities try to steal the appellation “great”.

I left Ibadan Grammar School in year 2000 but I made a mistake of not writing UME that year. I had my results at a sitting and I didn’t want to stay at home at all. As kids, my father didn’t allow us travel that much. We started travelling only when we could do so on our own. There was no better time to explore than the moment I left secondary school and I was going to stay at home doing nothing if I didn’t get admission. I remember my dad insisted that I wait till the following year to write UME and I told him no.

I obtained the PCE form that year and I was admitted to study Mass Communication at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere Abeokuta. From day one I knew I was not meant to be there. Cultism was at its peak during my stay in Abeokuta. I witnessed some cult attacks but I managed to stay out of trouble during my short stay there. My stay in Egba was however good because I have many relatives there and I would be off to Lafenwa after lectures on Fridays. I obtained the next UME without telling my dad since he told me not to obtain the PCE form.

Unfortunately, I had little time to prepare for UME because Ojere was in session as UME date approached. I started reading only a week to my exam and I was concerned about my Literature. It was my weakest point of the four subjects I was going to write in UME – Econs, Government, English and Literature in English. Mathematics was my weakest subject generally but I managed to get a credit.

Of course my choice of institution was Ife, first and second, Law and Political Science respectively. Even If I wanted to consider UI, there was no admission that year. I know that is why Abiodun Olatunji, a close friend of mine also chose Ife to study Dentistry. The reputation of UI’s College of Medicine indeed fascinated all the “science” guys in my school. I don’t know if he will choose otherwise if given the opportunity again.

Perhaps if I know what I know today about Unilag, I could have considered it. That does not mean I won’t choose Ife again, please. The craze in my school was Ife/UI. There was this impression that Unilag was an “effizy” school and that the academic standard was not good enough. I definitely have a different opinion today as I know Unilag has arguably the best Faculty of Law in the country.

And guess what? I didn’t visit OAU (in fact Osun State) until I went there for my admission in year 2001. I’ve not told you? Of course I passed the UME. My first visit to Ife was a day in September 2001; I remember it was about 2 weeks after the September 11 attack on America. The sights I saw were breathtaking. I was admitted and I became a great Ife.

This note is a starter to awe-inspiring experiences I had in Ife which shall come in due course. These include but not limited to the Law Students Society (LSS) elections & campaigns, Burkina’s impeachment, LSS Variety nites, Hook-up with my twin bro, Debate committee outings, Hammer Nite, SUG attack on Part 5 Law, Paroles, Students Transition Committee wahala, Moremi visits, Shows, Comedy performances, Football commentaries at OAU Main bowl, LSS visit to Orphanage in Ibadan, IFUMSA election (Campaign) in 2007, Will Exams hold?, How Valentine faced a whole class that was disturbing our class, NATO v. WARSAW “wars” and others.

My interaction with many great minds I came across in Ife shall also be discussed in the notes coming up.

Up next is “Think law, Think Kenny: The LSS Elections”