Whoever changed Nairaland's UI did a pretty bad job. Its been long since I last visited this lounge and on coming back, I was so surprised (and disappointed) about how disorganized it had become.
Was any survey conducted before the change? Why should my view be wiped out just like that?
Normally, if a site wants to change a view, they normally offer you to try it out and give you the ability to rollback if you don't like it.
I think the former UI (though not pretty) is generally better than this new one.
And text alignment is better at "left" than the new "center" where it is. Anybody that creates software that other homo sapiens (not homo logicus -- programmers) will use should definitely take a course on HCI. It will definitely help in designing highly appealing user interfaces.

Have you tried it on your mobile phone? I noticed that more people use Nairaland on their mobile phones, so while we were switching to the New Nairaland Script, I also decided to create a new look somewhere in-between a typical mobile site and a typical desktop site. It's certainly less visually appealing than the old one, but it's more logically organized and fully functional and better-looking on mobile phones. You'll get used to it eventually, I promise! It's fully functional on mobile phones.