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I think Emeka Anyaoku & Wole Soyinka should be on this list.

Ngodigha1: Chinua Achebe-Literature
Emeka Anyaoku-local and int politics
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala-Economy
Dora Akunyili-health and politics
Umar Ukpai--Religion
Prof Chike Edozien-Education, politics, culture
Pat Utom-Administration, politics
Stephen Keshi-Football
Jim Nwobodo-sports, politics
Chioma Ajunwa-Sports
Goodluck Jonathan. politics
Olisa Agbakoba--Judiciary
Sosomon Lar-politics
Olusegu Obasanjo-military, politics
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa-Judiciary
Nkem Owo--comedy
P-Square--Music

Nice trial,I'll google τ̣̣ђё economic importance of the new names.However most of these people ® not even as influential as Tompolo,Boyloaf or Asari Dokubo not to even talk of closing down the economy of Nigeria for a second when they decide to MOBILIZE people.We are talking of people whose actions can shake the stability of Nigeria.

Pls I need constructive criticisms from people with brains.More names and their economic importance pls.

Elueme: The person who compiled this did that out of the figment of self imagination.. It doesn't reflect reality... Pls moderators should remove this trash.

U̶̲̥̅̊ surely do nt kno τ̣̣ђё influence of the listed personalties.Some people are miles more powerful than τ̣̣ђё president i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̅ this counttry.

obowunmi: What is up with Nigerians and the magazine and blog business....can't you use your head to think of a better idea

U̶̲̥̅̊ surely do not know what A̶̲̥̅♏ benefitting from this business.U̶̲̥̅̊ surely do not know ♓☺ω much seun íڪ making from NL & U̶̲̥̅̊ surely do not know ♓☺ω much your boss makes from his/her business,that íڪ if you hav a job.And if you don't,i'll gladly employ you as a cleaner i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̅ my company.Peace

kettykin: I cant believe this Joker did not list TY Danjuma and Chris Oyakilome who is really powerful is some one who can exert influence in and out of his region and not only in Lagos otherwise i dont see how Bakare, OBJ,Tinubu will be more influential than Dokubo, Clarke and Tompolo who can make the FG beg on its knees

Come up with your own list pls,no harm meant.

Callotti: Yet. . . Nigeria is still a socio-ecomomic GHETTO!
Of what use is this power? To gossip and loot?

One of these individuals in any civilized corner of this world would have truly made a difference.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh.

We are talking of the capability of their decision to break or make Nigeria.If Buhari for one tells Northern muslims to do even the most stupid of things,I tell you they will gladly do it.They see him as some kind of god over there and I tell U̶̲̥̅̊ nt even the sultan commands such respect from this people.

We have been trying to compile a list of the most powerful people in Nigeria.This list íڪ generally based on the influence of these personalities on the polity and their strongest areas of influence.Pls take your time to go through it.Your additions,comments,readjustments,constructive criticisms will be welcomed.We hope to publish our outcome in a celebrity magazine very soon.Thanks.

1. Mohammadu Buhari. Religion,politics
2. Aliko Dangote. Business,economy
3. Abdulwaheed Omar. Labour,economy
4. Olusegun Obasanjo. Army,politics
5. Goodluck Jonathan. Politics,economy
6. Bola Tinubu. Politics,economy
7 .Enoch A. Adeboye. Religion
8. David Mark. Politics,economy
9. Sanusi Lamido S. Banking,economy
10.Tunde Bakare. Politics,mass moblz
11.Mike Adenuga. Business,economy
12.Femi Otedola. Energy,Business
13.Ibrahim Babangida. Army,politics
14.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Economy
15.Seun Osewa/Linda Ikeji. Internet,infocom

Heard dis joke 5 yrs ago

U̶̲̥̅̊ kno U̶̲̥̅̊ don die if rat eat ùя B.Sc certificate after U̶̲̥̅̊ spend seven years for Lasu.

Tu baba íڪ too hot,even at impregnatin girls.

smoothcrim2090: I'm here!! Watch your mouths or else!!! Any insult of the Ghanaian dignity will be met harshly!!

Let's start,anyways I would nt take dat statement frm dat slut U̶̲̥̅̊ call an actress seriously.don't just let ♍ε̲̣̣̣̥ start wit ùя sorry ungrateful illiterate couNtry.

I no fit read this epistle 2 times.However,d generation b4 utomis generation r a set of hardened generals,civil war fighters (in short,military guys) who wanted to STABILIZE d country &that was why utomis generation could not cope with them because they believe they own nigeria.over d years,they've attracted 2 themselves a number retardeens,killers,money mongers to run the country broke while the intelligent,gifted,idealists and researchers continue to leave town on a daily basis.D question is,what can we do to help this generation?As for me,I gat an interview @ d uk high commission nxt Tuesday,pls what are d likely questions.

Right step jare,local govt workers are d laziest set of workers i've ever knownn.majority of them jst go to work to sign attendance register while some only go wen its salary time.To b candid I don't think we even nd LGAs in dis country,what do they do apart frm sharing money frm Abuja @d end of evry month.I think they should only exist if they can generate enough money to pay their workers,undertake LG projects &also save.nay to parasitism and irresponsibility.

U would stop reading and seeing rubbish in this country,evrytin tire me sef.

seems u hav no dream of gettin married.u wanna b a lez and addopt bastards and bitches as children. Lolz though.

freeamie: I met this girl last year September at a cousin’s wedding reception and we exchanged contacts.
We had a first date and I discovered that she is a banker and she discovered (to her disappointment) that I am a School teacher. She said she likes my personality but doesn’t like my job.

Honestly, I have been looking for a better job but U know Naija now. E no easy.
Somehow, we pulled along but no much intimacy as we only meet on weekends and maybe like once a month or so.

Anytime she comes around, she tells me stories of her colleagues, suitors etc etc and of course every one of them has a car and is richer than myself. She pings and answers phone calls of pple I suspect to be her toasters or so, she was just in control. I just played cool. She never asked me for anything and I never asked her too.

Last March, she lost her job. So, she became more available at my place. Last month, she started asking me to define our relationship, my plans for her and future, etc. But, somehow I discovered what I believe is the problem: Her elder bros she’s been staying with will be relocating to east by October when his rent expires.

My girl say she CANNOT leave lagos. With the kind of family she’s from, she won’t be allowed to rent an apartment here especially as she’s got no job.

So, she wants me to marry her before then, she says if money is my problem, that she’ll support me with 350K from her savings. She even said her bros (who works in the oil rig) can help me get a better job (since I studied Engineering), but, that’ll be after our marriage.

This came as a surprise to me cos I thought she’s the Madam here. Besides, I’ll want to marry when I’m ready and to Mrs right. I know I like her very much, but, Jude (my guy) says I should use my brain and NOT my heart.

Jude says she’s not employable again as she studied Food Science tech and has been in the bank for 4 years and that she needs marriage to secure her life and future. He says she’s turned to a liability and that she doesn’t love me.

Now, What do I do ?? What do I tell her ? Jude can’t be right, is he ?

Jude wants you to dump her so he could marry her afterwards.Sincerely, the only assesment you need to make is to know if you actually/truly love her.Dont let her money/job offer or anythin else be ur guide.Goodluck without Jonathan to you.

Junior,i no kno y i no 2 like d name

[quote author=kingoflag]I did not see anywhere in the post where it can be assumed that Pastor Bakare meant "death" as the means of changing a bad government. But let me ask you a quick question:

IF YOU FATHER WAS EATING $30,000/DAY MEALS, READING N500,000,000 Newspapers, blowing through Trillions of Naira and blew $50billion in one year, and $38billion 6 weeks later. Then, on top of that, decided to saddle with the "wages" of his sin by selling you a lie called "oil subsidy" just to fund the lifestyles of his and his cronies while ensuring you lived on less that $2/day. . . .

Tell me : IF YOU FATHER DROPPED DEAD, WOULD YOU GIVE 2 F*UCKS?!

EXACTLY! [/quote
Rotlmao OOoooooooo

Kobojunkie: We already have too many churches and majority of them not teaching the people what they really need to know. Churches are to help people, not pacify them or give them a way out of dealing with the reality around them.

Many come on here to complain of how there are churches around the corner asking them for this and that. Here is a Church man actually willing to teach people how to make what they have work for them, for the good of the Nation, and the future, something the Government refuses to invest in Educating the people on.

Even developed countries spend billions of dollars each year educating the people on their rights and their place in Government. We have near none of that happening in Nigeria. A Church has chosen to do just that, provide that well needed Education for free. What is that going to take away from people? Their soul? Their Salvation?

Guy calm down,a church is supposed to teach people salvation and also strive for peace in d society,bakare is nt doin any of this.I wouldnt kno if he wants to become d president of nigeria by force

PointB: Those talking about tolerance of Yorubas don't have an iota of idea of what a nation is. In a nations no one talk about tolerating another member of the nation. It's all enshrined in the constitution. It is not a privilege. Beside, I don't here anyone talk about tolerating Yoruba or Hausa for that matter in the SE and SS where they are in their numbers. In anycase intolerance can led to disintegration of the country. Unless that's what most want, in which case we should go it or tolerate the others ambition within the gambit of the laws of the land.

Get it at d back of ur brain that lagos does nt belong to you people,nigeria is nt one country and we all kno d owners Of each state.u guys are takin ur freedom in lagos too far,u beta lay low and face ur wuruwuru business b4 we throw u in d thrash wher u belong.

hillary22: MTN has the best customer service.
they are respectful, and also do a refund of airtime(200, 500, 1000, 15010 e.t.c ) for any inconvience within 24 hours.
Glo and airtel do not know anything abt compensation

Infact glo just wiped d N100 in my acct.I don't kno wat to do cos their customer care refused to pik ma cal

[quote author=ndu_chucks]Fashola should thread very carefully. Smart leaders keep the Army on their side at all times, at all costs.[/quote]Dumb response,in advanced countries even d president is nt constitutionally allowed to break trafic laws.

venorite: That's is not new.they took my 400 wen I wanted to activate my bis and neva got ir back

Wtf,pls we need more responses to nail glo,we hav 2 tell dem we are nt magas.

I recharged my glo liNe with N100 glo card arouNd 6pm this evening just to call a frieNd when I get home later in the night.on getting to my house around 9pm,I decided to make the call and to my greatest surprise I was told I had no credit to make a call.I quikly checked my account balance but lo and behold it was empty.I`ve Nt been able to reach their customer care.
Front page plsssssssss.

tigerleggs: Y dis hatred on fellow 9jas? Hmmm!

Guy,dis is no hatred.nigerians are even being lenient on this INGRATES.They migrate from one part of the country to another feeding their livestock on peoples farms and sweat,even killing thousands of people in the process.They dont deserve to live among humans.I suggest this their nomadic lifestyle should even be banned in this country.Animals

dapachez: please i need you to educate me on your post. Are you implying that all non idigenes should go back to their roots? Lets take lagos and abuja as case scenarios

See guy, d Hausa/fulani people are a disaster to Nigeria always waitin to kill and destroy.I dont care if they r sent into d ocean.They cant live at peace wit anybody.

Nigeria jega jega.Jega na where u dey o.

The guy no wan make dem do am wetin dem do timipre Sylva.Thumbs up governor DICK.

Beaf: I'm sorry, but that is daft.
Firstly, you are are a slime ball for labelling people thieves when you have no proof (even circumstantial). Secondly, you are an id!ot for implying that money stolen by the likes of Ibori from Niger Delta states somehow impoverishes or marginalises the North.

How has the money Ibori stole from Delta states allocation marginalised a single Northerner? Or is the North now in Warri, don't they have their own allocations and governors? How has Ibori's stealing contributed to the almajiri problem?
You don't need to contribute to any topic if all you've got is total foolishness.

Dude, are you only pretending to be really stup!d or is it a genuine medical problem?

Sombody has to ban this beaf of an animal from dis forum.He uses foul words on anyone whon disagrees witn hisn points,

justirich: Dear Nigerians, the reasons for mass failure of our teenagers in public exams are not far fetched.

1 FACEBOOK,YAHOO,TWITTER,MYSPACE and generally browsing on the internet instead of reading their books

2 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE and EUROPEAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES, it is easy for an average nigerian teenager to know the tha names of all chelsea players but same youths cannot tell you the square root 25 in mathematic. Worse still is that these days instead of seeing inscriptions like UNIVERISTY or SCHOLARS on the exercise books, what you see are pictures of paloma,Drogba,Beyonce,Omotola etc

3 DSTV,Home video and african movie magic, watching television and films endlessly.European champions league,English premiership,Barca,Blues,Chelsea,MANU etc

4 GSM and BLACKBERRY, the average nigerian teenager uses the latest and expensive gsm phones just to show off that they belong,when they are actually nothing.

5[b] GSM TEXT LANGUAGE[/b], I will not be suprised to see students write words like your(for YOUR), 2moro( For tomorrow) in their EXAM sheets

6 QUEST FOR CHEAP FAME AND WEALTH, The goverment,electronic media(tv and radio) and companies have not been helpful at all.The average nigerian youth especially the girls want to BE silver Birds most beautiful Girl and get cheap money and fame(Nobody has remembered all the previous miss world,but we still remember MOTHER THERESA),they want to win IDOLS WEST AFRICA, they want to be in NOLLYWOOD, they want to be TWO-FACE,they want to win maltina street dance ,they want to win starquest and GULDER ULTIMATE SEARCH

Warning is that wealth gotten by vanity shall DIMINISH.

7 The new craze of TALENT SHOWS: Suddenly The only talents our youths now have are music,dancing,acting and stand up comedies, they no longer have talents for maths,physics and entrepreneurism.
Check out the list:MTN PROJECT FAME,BIG BROTHER,STARQUEST,MALTINA DANCE HALL,AMBO,GUILDER,IDOLS WEST AFRICA,PEAK TALENT HUNT ETC…What a bad distraction
It is only COWBELL that sponsors national mathematics competition and give scholarships to outstanding students in UME exams

8 EVER BUSY PARENTS, Parents are always in search for money,business and jobs,they live home 5am and come back 10pm leaving their children to the care of house helps and teachers in private schools. THEY have forgotten that out of the 24 hours in a day their children will only spend 8am-2pm(6 hrs) in school and in hands of the teachers the remaining 18hrs is spent in the home(wether sleep or not).these same ever busy parents can not look into the books of their teenagers,they don't monitor waht the teenagers watch nor who they associate with.

9 WEAK GOVT POLICIES:The people in Govt see all these vanities on tele and radio and they will not nip them in the bud, because they are naïve and corrupt and so the rot continues


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I dont totally agree with your points, advancement in technology is meant to improve the way we do things. The advanced countries have been able to standardise the way they do things with these technologies e.g the way they asses talents and brilliance and they've also created a balance between work and leisure.Our own problem is that we do not know where we are going as a nation (who cares) and so ther is no tangible plan on how to get to a no-destination.

Doesn't mata d number of muslims they've killed.how many mosques hav they bombed? How many of the northern muslim leaders hav come out to openely disown them.?most northern muslims support their fight even some here in the west love the way they r kiling christians.Most muslims r violent and intolerant wen theyy do not even kno d mohammed that brought d religion.