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Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by LRNZH(m): 10:50am On Dec 29, 2015


It has been a roller-coaster year of African news, from the historic elections in Nigeria to the momentous visits of the Pope and the US president.

To sum up the last 12 months, here are some of the best quotes:

1. "I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody"
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on the day of his historic inauguration in May

Muhammadu Buhari

2. "We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behaviour in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices.
"To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens"
President Buhari said four months later on Nigeria's independence day

3. "The time for vision has come. I request our South African government to help us clean our land of lice. We need to remove all itching bedbugs and lay them bare in the sun.
"We request that all foreigners should take their baggage and be sent back"

South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who denied that his comments in March fuelled xenophobic violence

4. "If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn't have taken it. Nobody in our hunting party knew before or after the name of this lion."

Cecil the lion
US dentist Walter Palmer, who killed Zimbabwe's famous Cecil the lion in July


5. "Dear white people in the fashion world!... Why do I have to bring my own make-up to a professional show when all the other white girls don't have to do anything but show up.
"Don't try to make me feel bad because I am blue-black - it's 2015"

South Sudanese model Nykhor Paul, who got more than 20,000 likes on Instagram after she posted the comment in July

6. "I have seen more demonstrations and strikes in my first two years. I don't think it can get worse. It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn't fear the knife because it is dead already. I have a dead-goat syndrome"

Ghana's President John Mahama, being dismissive in March of the protests against his government. The quote has earned him the nickname "The Goat"

7. "This is surreal for me, I'm not going to lie, growing up in the dusty streets of South Africa, I never dreamed that I would one day have two things really: An indoor toilet and a job as host of the Daily Show.
"And now I have both, and I'm quite comfortable with one of them"

South African comedian Trevor Noah as he made his debut hosting Comedy Central's satirical news show in September

8. "I've just concluded - since President Obama endorses the same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people and enjoys an attractive countenance - thus if it becomes necessary, I shall travel to Washington DC, get down on my knee and ask his hand"

Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, mocking a US Supreme Court decision in June to legalise gay marriage

9. "I love my work. But under our constitution, I cannot run again... I actually think I'm a pretty good president - I think if I ran I could win. But I can't.
"When a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office, it risks instability and strife - as we've seen in Burundi. Nobody should be president for life"

US President Barack Obama on his visit to Ethiopia in July

10. "We are going to create a special wheelchair for President Mugabe until he rules to 100 years because that is what we want. That is the people's choice. We want a leader that respects us"

Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe in November, after her 91-year-old husband was caught on camera struggling to walk

11. "The way to treat a boil is to squeeze it out, and I have made it my responsibility to do that. I know squeezing out a boil hurts but unfortunately there are no two ways about it"

Tanzania's newly elected President John Magufuli, telling parliament in November about his drive to root out corruption and lazy workers

12. "I organised a meeting in 2005 to solve our family issues. When I asked them about their opinion, they said I should build each family member a house and give each of them a monthly wage... I just want other African families to learn from this"

Togo football star Emmanuel Adebayor, denying in a Facebook post in May claims that he failed to support his family financially

13. "Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters.
"Together, we must say no to hatred, no to revenge and no to violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself. God is peace, God salaam."

Pope Francis on his visit to a mosque in the Central African Republic in November
Pope of the poor makes big impact in Africa

14. "Relaxing your hair was a rite of passage. My hair suffered a lot with those chemicals and I cut it all off and my hair grew and I realised it wasn't that bad after all"

Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o told the BBC

15. "A court is the guardian of justice, the cornerstone of a democratic system based on the rule of law. If the state  does not abide by court orders, the democratic edifice will crumble stone-by-stone until it collapses and chaos ensues"

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir attended an African Union summit in South Africa in June
Judge Dunstan Mlambo, who criticised the South African government for letting Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir leave the country in June despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant

16. "It's not about unmasking Anas. It's about all of us putting our hands together and ensuring we have a better continent. I think that anonymity has always been my secret weapon and I have always used it to the benefit of society"

Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose documentary this year exposed corruption in Ghana's judiciary

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35160583

cc: Lalasticlala, Mynd44, Ishilove

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by BeeBeeOoh(m): 10:52am On Dec 29, 2015
Please Somebody Should Write It Down, It's 1 Of Our Achievement So Far..





OBSERVATION: Is This Not The Same BBC Africa That Said Nigerian Flag Is Boring??

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Lattop(m): 11:01am On Dec 29, 2015
One in a million quote cool

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Decibel: 11:03am On Dec 29, 2015
See the best

“The constituents (that) gave me 97% cannot in all honesty be treated on some issues with constituencies that gave me 5%.” - Muhammadu Buhari(2015)


^^^
Bigotry at its peak cheesy

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Decibel: 11:04am On Dec 29, 2015
Following

The fight against Bokoharam is an injustice to the North -Muhammadu Buhari

^^^

As a bokoharam sympathizer cheesy

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Decibel: 11:04am On Dec 29, 2015
Typing
Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by LRNZH(m): 11:15am On Dec 29, 2015
Nigerians, make una appreciate good things...

Wailers Dooh... Food don done

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by divinehand2003(m): 11:20am On Dec 29, 2015
For me, this famous quote by our dear PMB - '' I BELONG TO EVERYBODY AND I BELONG TO NOBODY" is still the best, it sure rocks my world like crazy.

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Ebukaobi: 11:22am On Dec 29, 2015
While Buhari is focusing on his job of turning Nigeria around, IPOB youths are busy spreading propaganda everywhere.

Now an International media organisation has recognized the impact of Buhari's statements and actions but wailers will still complain

God bless Buhari

God bless Nigeria

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by ticker(m): 11:24am On Dec 29, 2015
and so what? Is dat an achievement or what? mtcheeeeew

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by LRNZH(m): 11:25am On Dec 29, 2015
divinehand2003:
For me, this famous quote by our dear PMB - '' I BELONG TO EVERYBODY AND I BELONG TO NOBODY" is still the best, it sure rocks my world like crazy.

This is one of my favourite quotes of 2015. Very inspiring.

“What did they forget in Aso rock? If you vote PDP and Jonathan, it would be better for you. If you vote APC, you will go to prison. How can you jail somebody for 300 years? I’m not ready to carry food to my husband inside prison oh!”

Former Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan has said on Monday, March 16, during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) women’s rally in Ekiti State.

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by osesology(m): 11:36am On Dec 29, 2015
Nice quotes. What about our former first lady's quotes, dont tell me she's not on the top ten list or else I go vex.

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Lanretoye(m): 11:44am On Dec 29, 2015
My overall best in 2015-"To forgive terrorists is up to God,but to send them to him is up to me"...Putin.

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by WaffenSS(m): 11:45am On Dec 29, 2015
BeeBeeOoh:
Please Somebody Should Write It Down, It's 1 Of Our Achievement So Far..





OBSERVATION: Is This Not The Same BBC Africa That Said Nigerian Flag Is Boring??

But it's true.

Green white green IS boring.

The best flag is the black swastika on a red field.
Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by lolaxavier(m): 12:03pm On Dec 29, 2015
Lanretoye:
My overall best in 2015-"To forgive terrorists is up to God,but to send them to him is up to me"...Putin.

Epic!

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by LRNZH(m): 12:30pm On Dec 29, 2015
This is another very insightful quote.
Honestly one can use this to make current affairs / memorable pamphlet and sell in traffic o.
Please don't steal my business idea for 2016.

“If Sanusi hadn’t been suspended he would have come up with a different figure… If anyone steals $50 billion or $20 billion anywhere America will know, they will tell you where it is; it is their money.”

Former President Goodluck Jonathan while addressing the issue of ‘missing’ $20 billion.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44... food dey burn for fire o..

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by emmygzy(m): 1:16pm On Dec 29, 2015
I belong to the APC

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Sijo01(f): 1:16pm On Dec 29, 2015
Why's I will make $1 =N1 not on the list cheesy

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by vicostyles(m): 1:16pm On Dec 29, 2015
Ok
Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by eleojo23: 1:16pm On Dec 29, 2015
It is not by excellent speeches, rather it is by action.
I hope Buhari comes top in terms of performance also.

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by freshness2020: 1:17pm On Dec 29, 2015
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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by marycool18(f): 1:17pm On Dec 29, 2015
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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Nobody: 1:17pm On Dec 29, 2015
Thank God i have been unbarred

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Sunnycliff(m): 1:17pm On Dec 29, 2015
Na by Quoting No fuel, No Forex, 1$:270#, His a joker as far as I am concerned

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Mopolchi: 1:17pm On Dec 29, 2015
Person wey dey say im no get certificate.

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by elderstan(m): 1:18pm On Dec 29, 2015
He Lsao qoute ABACH NEVER LOOT
Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by LordMecuzy(m): 1:18pm On Dec 29, 2015
GMB our hero
Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Jarus(m): 1:18pm On Dec 29, 2015
Positive appraisal for Buhari's speech writers.
Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by anonimi: 1:18pm On Dec 29, 2015
Really?
Can we add these two also grin cheesy



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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by viktor01(m): 1:18pm On Dec 29, 2015
Theriz God oooo..... rocks my world.

MAMA.P

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Re: Buhari Tops BBC's Africa's Best Quotes of 2015 by Jaycules: 1:19pm On Dec 29, 2015
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