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Mr. President, suprisngly, u didn't say anything abt electric power. Does dt mean we should just accept our fate in higher bills for more darkness after all d monies spent in d power sector? Also u didn't make any mention of d refineries and hw we can refine our oil at home, stop importation and reduce susidy of landing cost of oil. Does dt also mean dt Nigeria under ur administration hs given up any hope of building more refineries and stopping importation of oil? Mr. President, ar u aware dt ds dame Nigeria built and completed two refineries from 1974-1980, d same six yrs uv stayed in office without building even one bt ran all d existing ones down? Wht ar ur plans btwn now and may 2015 whn ur going to hand over to bring dos looting our treasury dry to book? Tanzanian president recently sacked a minister for receiving a paltry $1m bribe, whn ar u going to sack, arrested and prosecute Bello Haliru, ur campaign director for his involvment in d Siemens bribery scam, Abba slowpoke, ur Interior Minister for dt immigration recruitment exercise scam, Deziani for her N10b private jet scam and dos who collected $470m to install CCTVs in Abuja bt didn't do so? Mr. President, d international oil price is falling all over with its attendant fall in oda goods and services, yet price of oil in Nigeria is even going up. Pls when will Nigerians join odas to enjoy ds fall in price? I appreciate ur revival of d railways bt I wonder wht hv bn holding u from doing dt since 2009, at least d revival would hv bn completed to enable Nigerians use d rail and reduce pressure on oir roads. Talking abt d roads, Mr. President, d Enugu/PH expressway ws completed in six months by d Shagari gvt, why hs dt same road by under reconstruction for six yrs under ur gvt and whn is dt road going to b completed at all? U promised to deliver d 2nd Niger Bridge in 2011 in d nxt four yrs, pls whr is d 2nd Niger bridge, ist it ready for use now? Mr. President, its surprising u didn't say anything abt dos Chibok girls kidnapped over 8 months ago, does it mean ur govt hs given up bringing dem back alive? Wht abt d recent 185 women kidnapped in Bornu, wht are ur gvt doing to rescue dem? Mr. President, sir, dia ar too many wastages in ur govt and u seem nt to see dem. Pls Mr. President, Nigeria doesn't need 11presidential jets. I will also suggest u jettison ur plan to acquire anoda one in 2015 budget. Mr. President, it is nt fair for one person to spend N4b for food and travels as u budgeted in 2015 whn over 70% of Nigerians live below d poverty level. Mr. President, its an economic waste to spend N9b or more in building one vice presidential palace for a country lik Nigeria with a per capita income of $1,500 whn d president of a country lik Uruguay lives in a farmhouse and drives a Volkswagen beatle, nothwistanding dt d per capita income of Uruguay is $16,400 in 2013. Mr. President, I wish u a happy new year as well bt I will prefer a happy new year with light, wjile thanking u for preparing to hand over on May, 29, 2015

Crocz:
Room for what?

to screw each other na. See them nagging and bickering like biyches phags

CAN are liars. Let's not forget CAN is a PDP arm. I was a witness during the fuel subsidy strike in Kaduna and kano when Christians shield Muslims during prayers and vice versa so this is not something new.

The sense I make out of this is that PDP as usual are always promoting divide and rule. divide Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines so if Muslim starts protecting Christians its a blow to their agenda hence the can statement. PDP know that to win, Christians have to be against Muslims, north against south but all their effort shall fall to pieces IJN. Nigeria wants change. We want Buhari

Dreyl and Airforce1 should get a room already.

ugly

xtophy:
From a Chelsea fan

u mean goal.com are Chelsea fans?

jerryboiii:
Wack!

what is wacky here

The Barclay Premier leagues best for the year 2014 are compiled by Goal.com and below are the record breakers.

MOST GOALS: Wilfried Bony (20), Sergio
Aguero (18), Yaya Toure (17)



MOST GOALS FROM OUTSIDE BOX: Kevin
Mirallas (5), Stewart Downing (4), Jonjo
Shelvey (4), Christian Eriksen (4), Juan Mata
(4)



MOST GOALS FROM AN ENGLISHMAN: Wayne
Rooney (16), Daniel Sturridge (13), Steven
Gerrard (13)



MOST HEADED GOALS: Olivier Giroud (4),
Wilfried Bony (4), Andy Carroll (4), Nikica
Jelavic (4), Harry Kane (4), Diafra Sakho (4),
Martin Skrtel (4)


MOST PENALTIES SCORED: Steven Gerrard
(9), Yaya Toure (6), Leighton Baines (5),


MOST ASSISTS: Cesc Fabregas (13), Leighton
Baines (11), Santi Cazorla (9)
NB. Fabregas joined the premier league September and still ended up with the most assist.

MOST SUCCESSFUL PASSES: Yaya Toure
(2342), Gareth Barry (2060), Santi Cazorla
(1973)



MOST DRIBBLES COMPLETED: Eden Hazard
(154), Raheem Sterling (124), Yannick Bolasie
(108)



FOULED MOST TIMES: Raheem Sterling (94),
Eden Hazard (93), Wilfried Bony (65)




MOST TACKLES WON: Mile Jedinak (100),
Nemanja Matic (90), Joel Ward (85)



MOST COMPLETED CROSSES: Ahmed
Elmohamady (57), Stewart Downing (50),
Dusan Tadic (26), Kieran Trippier (26)





MOST SHOTS ON TARGET: Wilfried Bony (52),
Sergio Aguero (46), Romelu Lukaku (45)



MOST HAT-TRICKS: Diego Costa (1), Samuel
Eto'o (1), Luis Suarez (1), Andre Schurrle (1),
Adam Johnson (1), Sergio Aguero (1), Charlie
Austin (1), Eden Hazard (1), Yaya Toure (1)
NB Costa joined Chelsea September


MOST FREE-KICK GOALS: Juan Mata (3),
Kevin Mirallas (3), Steven Gerrard (2), Gylfi
Sigurdsson (2)




MOST CHANCES CREATED: Eden Hazard (92),
Stewart Downing (89), Christian Eriksen (89)





MOST SAVES MADE: Adrian (142), Vito
Mannone (122), Brad Guzan (118)




MOST GAMES WON: Yaya Toure (26), Gary
Cahill (26), Joe Hart (26)



MOST MINUTES PLAYED: Brad Guzan (3420),
Joel Ward (3420), Hugo Lloris (3420)



MOST PENALTY SAVES MADE: Hugo Lloris (2),
Allan McGregor (2), Ben Foster (2)


MOST CLEAN SHEETS: Joe Hart (16), David de
Gea (13), Petr Cech (11), Wojciech Szczesny
(11), Julian Speroni (11), Hugo Lloris (11)

good

BraniacX:
Is that your weak idea for a punch line?
Ha hA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Lame..................just lame

kiddo, u have been noticed again. Oya vamooooze

Cameroon that don't have any girls abducted by these devils are the ones giving them the real military war treatment while ours are just clueless no thanks to d corruption at d top and lack of firearms.

BraniacX:
Definitely not where you fell from.............which is buharis anus in case you were wondering

u have been noticed kiddo. oya run along.

BraniacX:
You believe what your brain is capable of assimilating which is hausa/fulani and apc propaganda and lies which only makes you the clueless one and a lost cause

where did this fooool fall out from?

what do we believe now? fg and d army keep peddling news that they are winning the war against insurgents.

I have never seen a govt so clueless and filled with deceit like this gej led corruption cabal of a govt.

2undexy:
na here i see am ooo...abi na u?

shuo! u see snake for faceless internet online forum? hmmmmmm u sure say no be the snake wey de follow u from ur mama villa?

wow! he is my Facebook friend. I didn't see that coming. He presents very intelligent arguments on Facebook and I always like his updates.

2undexy:
e b lyk say we get snake 4 here oo

where u don see am

mycheeeeeewww

what's with this people burning news we are hearing everyday. God Almighty pls don't let us roast before this year rolls out. rip to d dead

going to middle east in most cases is a frying pan to fire case

I just keep liking this man every day.

Mogidi:
I doubt Ekwueme want a divisive and partisan icon like Buhari to rule Nigeria. Anyway Ekwueme has always being known for his peaceful nature, I won't be surprised if he forgave Buhari.

who has divided Nigeria along ethnic and religious lines more than d otuoke baboon?

jom28gy:
The North are strategizing their plan thinking that Jonathan will fail,but they are liaring.

Hehehehe they are indeed "liaring". siddon dere make boxers dey wear u. only ss and se will vote en mass for gej and we all know it is born out if religious, tribal and ethnic affiliation. Remove that and u will see that gej has lost his popularity and is bound to loss come February.

If only u southerners can take a trip to kano and see what we call roads and general transformation.

Aksonman:
CHANGE to cattle herding?

No. A change from a president in his sixth year in office who cannot run on the strength of his
achievements in government, but resorting
to running a campaign of callumny, lies and
mischief, at the expense of the unity of the
Nigerian nation.

change is all we care about. kick cluelessness out come February.

ashieere asari. Imagine what saTANist would have been saying if someone from Buhari camp had alter such.

shakaZuIlu:
BUHARI is a terrorist
Apc is BOKOHARAM
Tinubu is a bastard
Osinbajo is a vagabond
Gej till 2019
Your ancestors are urchins

tell me one reason why u support badluck aside the fact that's he is a Christian southerner....


With sentimental myopic foooools like u running around I dare say we have a long way to go.

And u will still see someone urchins shouting gejb till 2039.

I read this article by one Ayo Sogunro online and decided to share it with u all.


THE WORST 10 OF GOODLUCK
JONATHAN’S 2014 | A Review by Ayo
Sogunro
At the risk of putting a dampener on your
holiday festivities, here’s a quick reminder of
how badly 2014 went. Of course, we’ll rather
sweep all of this under Nigeria’s Big Rug of
Forgetfulness, but now that the presidential
campaign is in full swing with the
achievements of Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration in roads, bridges and other
petty infrastructure, here’s a quick look at
the worst tragic events, inane policies and
unresolved issues that plagued us in 2014
alone.
1. The Continuing Boko Haram War which,
insanely, is yet to be treated as a war.
Instead, the Federal Government of Nigeria
treats it as a mild annoyance while the
military keeps pretending it’s a top secret
experiment being conducted in the
basements of Sambisa Forest. Meanwhile,
tragic news from internally displaced
persons tells of unbelievable horror:
captured towns; wanton and brutal killings;
extortion by terrorists. The year 2014 has
been a kill-fest for Boko Haram: the Borno
Massacre, Abuja and Kano bomb blasts, the
sudden emergence of female suicide
bombers, and terrorist flags raised over
Nigeria territories: one would be forgiven to
think that the terrorists have been handed a
free pass across the North of Nigeria. There
was a point in the year where it seemed that
the Nigerian Army had got its game on and
would soon rout the terrorists, but the
Federal Government announced a one-sided
“ceasefire” and, to put a cliché on it,
“snatched defeat from the jaws of victory”.
Boko Haram is currently the biggest
headache in Nigeria—and it’s also the most
ignored by the Presidency.
2. The Missing Chibok Girls have made
international news through the
#BringBackOurGirls campaign, suitably
embarrassing the Presidency and gearing
them to some half-assed attempt at damage
control for their initial disregard. Even worse
than the disbelief was the earlier lie pushed
out by the military that they had recovered
the girls—a statement that wrecked
whatever little trust Nigerians had in the
military. Meanwhile, the Presidency, either
because of its unbelievable disconnect from
the military or simply through general
nonchalance, didn’t believe the girls were
missing, that is, until the aforesaid
international embarrassment. Afterwards, the
President flew to France for a problem
solving meeting and later met with members
of the Chibok community (in deference to
Malala’s wishes—we should add), and then
—nothing. Honestly, nothing else. That’s all.
The girls are still missing—some of them
presumed dead.
3. Abba Moro and the Tragic NIS
Recruitment is a story that should have
shaken the foundations of public
administration in a saner climate. But, not
in Nigeria. How do you connect a public
service recruitment exercise with the deaths
of several people while making a truckload
of money too? Leave it to Abba Moro,
Minister of Interior. Bad enough that the
Immigration Service charged money from
potential government employees; bad
enough that the recruitment exercise was
badly planned and fatally executed, bad
enough that Abba Moro was not sacked
afterwards—but utterly shameful and
irresponsible that the Federal Government
didn’t even consider it an issue worth
stressing about. There was no sense of
shame or regret. Just a casual promise to
find jobs for the injured and compensate
relatives of the fatal victims—a promise
which I understand is yet to be fulfilled. Yet,
the same government lost no time in
suspending a weekly Federal Executive
Council meeting following the death of—wait
for it—the Vice President’s brother.
4. That Embarrassing Centenary Celebration
would have been deeply hilarious if it wasn’t
also a tragic reflection of the distance
between the federal government of Nigeria
and the reality of millions of everyday
Nigerians. This was at a time when the
country was in a sour mood and nobody
was looking to a national celebration. But,
by heavens, the Presidency was determined
to party—and party it did. It ran amok with
the celebrations and dashed imaginary
awards to everyone who ever slept in a
government house. Just to rub this
indiscretion in the noses of Nigerians
properly, the Abachas were also invited to
dine. And that’s when even Jonathan’s
supporters started to worry about the quality
of his advisers.
5. A National Conference or Something Like
That, which, to be frank, was neither national
nor was it a conference: more like a cross
between a political party conference and a
bucket list for old men. The President
wanted to impress some intellectuals,
maybe, but all it featured was a couple or so
brilliant speeches and a lot of puzzling
fights. We really don’t know where the report
by the Conference is headed or what benefit
it has conferred on Nigeria. In short, the
Conference was another brainwave of the
GEJ administration that just didn’t make
much sense. The best I can say is this: it
started too quickly and ended too late.
6. Twenty Billion Dollars and other Sorry
Tales: we all learnt a lot about numbers this
year. I learnt that you can host a
magnificent World Cup with thirteen billion
dollars or thereabouts—ask Brazil. Which is
why it’s puzzling that a figure even in
excess of that amount could lose its way to
the Federation Account and nobody in Aso
Rock bothered to send out a search team.
Well, the erstwhile governor of the Central
Bank tried to raise an alarm and we all saw
the President come on TV to insult the
man’s intellect on the premise that a man
who mistook a mere case of “stealing”
public funds for one of “corruption” was
unfit to be a central bank governor. A new
governor was promptly appointed and that
leads to the next point.
7. Rebased, Reserved, Revalued aka
Economics, Economics and more
Economics. Look, I’m not quite sure any
single person in Nigeria can tell you exactly
what the hell is going on with the Nigerian
economy. First, the economy was rebased in
what was supposed to translate into
“Nigeria has more money circulating in its
industries than we realized” and next, we
learnt that our external reserve was going
down faster than a belly dancer, and before
we could comprehend that imagery, we saw
the naira go down even faster against the
dollar. All of this in 2014. Till date, the
President has not told us what these
economic travails mean and how he plans to
handle it (except you count the dismissive
explanations set out in the 2015 budget).
Meanwhile, the new CBN governor has
politely asked for a sixty-five naira ATM fee
to save banks the trouble of stealing it
directly from your account.
8. The Signing of the “Anti-Gay” Law was
another indication of the total lack of
seriousness by the Federal Government of
Nigeria. Not content with dismissing the
menace of Boko Haram across the country,
the legislators and the executive decided to
focus on the singular most important issue
bothering all Nigerians today: the lives of
gay and lesbian folks getting married in
America and Europe.
9. The Military Went Gaga and not against
Boko Haram—we’re all for the military going
gaga against Boko Haram within the rules of
engagement. Instead, newspaper bundles
and public buses got a hard year from
military onslaught. Front pages were
slashed, trucks were waylaid, and buses
were set ablaze. When all that fighting had
settled for a while, the military suddenly
resurrected their death penalty court-martial
—not to shoot the soldiers burning buses
and newspapers—but to shoot the soldiers
fighting an ill-equipped war. And in all these
things, the Presidency said nothing but
focused squarely on running down the
opposition party.
10. The Year of All the King’s Men: The
President must have picked up on the
criticisms that, maybe, too many women
were running the government and we
needed some gender balance. So, enter
Oritsejafor, Alamieyeseigha, Tompolo,
Dokubo, Obanikoro, Femi Fani-Kayode and
so on and so forth. Of course, we’ve always
had the usual suspects: Okupe, Maku and
Abati. But this year was big for the new
names: Oritsejafor got to run interference,
Alamieyeseigha got a pardon, Tompolo got
some warships, Obanikoro got to monitor
state elections, and Dokubo got more
Dokubo. And so 2014 was a great year for
presidential retorts and responses and
reactions. GEJ always had a comeback for
every idle comment and serious criticism.
You could actually hear El-Rufai’s silence—
and even Amaechi took a breather.
_________________________________
Ayo Sogunro is the author of Everything in
Nigeria is Going to Kill You . A lawyer by
profession, he also indulges in socio-legal
philosophy on this blog. Interact with him
on Twitter via @ ayosogunro

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