Its 'awa' birthday!

I swear the world is spinning so much quicker now that I'm getting older!

It seems like only a few weeks ago that there was so much noise about Naija being 50...but in reality that was a whole 12 months ago!!

I'm sure everyone has an elderly relative, who doesn't give 2 hoots about what anybody else thinks and is will to say whatever they feel without any applied tact, right? Well maybe na old age o, but I'm really starting to feel that way, and I'm not even THAT old!

As many of you know, I share my birthday with Nigeria, 1st october is my birthday.

I remember last year how enthusiastic I was about the us as a nation turning 50.

 I shouted in the faces of all those who said that we had nothing to be proud of as a nation:

"Lets not be so negative, lets see what WE as a people can do to change the state of Nigeria" "Nigeria is not a president, neither is it a governmnet, Nigeria is about the people"!!

Do you remember that?

Well I did believe it at the time.....but boy!, what a difference a year can make.

So now, we have a new government but the same ol' problems, things aren't   moving in the right direction. Or so it seems.

On  Thinking Aloud with Ayo  this week, l'm looking back at the Naija at 50 show and I'm trying to figure out why I'm not as optimistic about the possibility of change within our nation.

Abi na just old age dey do me?!

www.nigerianwebradio.com Fridays at 1700 GMT/1100US ET, repeated Saturdays 1100GMT/0600US ET

Follow Follow Religion - Revisited

Its amazing how wonderfully and fearfully we have been made.

I was watching with awe and wonder as 2 surgeons were interviewed this week on their ability to separate con-joined twins, joined at the head.

They had created clay models of the twins and more or less project managed the entire procedure down to every last blood vessel.

That was almost a year ago, and the twins are  still alive, well  and separate with no known disabilities.

Absolutely amazing!!

Equally amazing are the stories of people who are told what to eat,drink, say, wear, like, dislike by other human being, as if they were not created with  a brain of their own.

We are fearfully and wonderfully made.....if only we believed it. We place religious leaders on pedestals and we sit and look up at them as if they aren't human beings like us.

Why is that?

Join me this Friday (5pm) and Saturday (11am) as  I ponder......if you have any answers to the questions I raise, PLEASE let me know. This one pass me o!

Thinking Aloud with Ayo on  www.nigerianwebradio.com

The Manual- Revisited

I was listening to a song recently by George Benson "20/20 vision", and there is a line that says

 'If I knew back then what I know now..."  (you should hear me sing....honestly!)

 and it got me thinking about a show I did last year.

All the things I wish I had been told when I first arrived in the UK to start my 'adult' life! 

Everything from finances to relationships to dealing with requests from home to staying focused and having a plan.

I had intented to put together a manual to be given to all 'JJC's as soon as they land in 'away'.

What would your entries be? What do you wish you knew back then, (whenever 'back then' was)?

Join me today as I revisit the show, as well as give you some entry suggestions made by other listeners.

Thinking  Aloud with Ayo  Friday 1700gmt (11am US central) http://www.nigerianwebradio.com/

Intelligence - Nature or Nuture

A couple of artcles have caught my attention over the last week or so.

They both  focused on the achievements of young children and their perfomances in higher level exams.

I personally know the family of one of them and know for sure that the boy in question is a balanced child i.e he doesnt spend ALL his time 'reading his book'!!

As with many who read these stories, I started questioning myself:
" why aren't my kids as clever as them?"
"Am I the one holding my kids back by not insisting that they prepare for higher exams when they are much younger"?!

And it got me thinking....Are some kids are just destined to be brainier than others? Or does the environment one is brought up in make all the difference?


Join me on Thinking Aloud with Ayo today ( and every Friday) http://www.nigerianwebradio.com/ at 17:00GMT /1100ET (repeated  every Saturday 11:00GMT)
Let me know what you think.....

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