[omo naija]

Yes, Obama is going to Ghana, so what? Yes, we have an illegitimate government, and so what? George Bush Jnr ran America on stolen mandate for four years, the world did not fall.
I am tired of hearing of all these Nigeria bashing, DID WE CAUSED THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN? NO. DID WE DETAINED PEOPLE IN GUATANAMO PRISON AND TORTURED THEM? NO. DID WE EVER INVADE A COUNTRY THAT DID US NO WRONG, AND EVEN THOSE THAT DID US WRONG? NO. Did we cause most of the problems that are currently going on around the world? of course not. I have made a vow to myself to defend my country... Yes, we have vagabonds in power, that on running the show on stolen mandate, and we are still finding it hard to run a good election. Yes, we have few Nigerians and those other Africans claiming to be Nigerians soiling Nigeria name, so is America, they have their own Madoff, Enron, and many other crooks, that has brought the world economy to it sorry state, but we all turned a blind eyes because its America, imagined if this was caused by an African country?
Nigeria, has better human rights than China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and many of the so-called strategic partners, but they enjoyed red carpet visits to Washington.
While i believe we should continue to fight for changes in Nigeria, and attack those that are soiling our names, especially those in authorities, we should not forget that there are decent Nigerians making waves around the world, who these western media houses always intentionally ignored, but cannot wait to hear or smell any negative activities concerning Nigeria or Nigerians, for them to broadcast (i know bad news sells).
We can never stop people who are criminally minded from commiting crime, whether they are Nigerian or not... with all the crimes been perpertrated by the Chinese and Indians (even South Africa has the highest rate of crime in the world), I have never seen or hear either of these people condemning their own, but Nigerians cannot wait to hear any bad things about Nigeria, without jumping on the bandwagon. I personally refused to be ashamed of my country, it has many issues, and underlying problems, so what? All these issues and problems did not start today, I believe, we are on the right paths and we will get it right one day (our Fasholas, Uduaghan and others are already emerging, showing others that Nigeria problems are solvable and that Nigeria is not a lost cause).

AMONG MY PEERS, I ALWAY HELD MY HEAD HIGH, BECAUSE A MAN SHOULD BE JUDGE SOLELY ON WHAT HE DOES, NOT COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, BECAUSE HE BELONGS TO A PARTICULAR COUNTRY, YOU ALL MAY BOWED YOUR HEAD IN SHAME, BECAUSE OF WHERE YOU COME FROM, I REFUSED TO BOW MY HEAD IN SHAME. I AM VERY PROUD TO BE A NIGERIAN, I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF... I REFUSED TO LET THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ME DETERMINE MY FUTURE, BECAUSE OF WHERE I COMES FROM.

GOD BLESS NIGERIA AND AFRICA, AMEN.