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I'm very sorry to ask o, Mr Eziachi, pls can you give us an idéa about your age?

pinky lady:
yea was also born August 23rd,

At last I found somebody also born on August 23 like me. Any 1982 year too?

chosen04:
Jarus! Jarus!! Jarus!!! How many times did i call you?

You came to his section broke our rules! As if that is not enough you still use "style" call our new political moderator murderator a DUNDEE.

Pls take time OR _{I will take you to Nairaland court oo}.

ROTFLMAO
Hmmnnnn, Madam interpreter. . . mo no call anybody Dundee o

More seriously, I didn't even know the Kosovo is now a moderator.

Replete with 'Pa James' analysts as it is, Nairaland politics section is surely still blessed with a few brilliant, informed analysts.
But as an aside, I think the thread starter did not title this thread correctly. 'Nairaland Political Man Of The Year!' sounds vague, you could have put it as 'NL Political Analyst of the Year' or 'NL Politics Section Poster of the Year'.

The Don-General, in my own reckoning, is:
1, Ajanlekoko: He is not a thousand-poster. His presence in politics section is even not so frequent. Hardly contributes to dumb topics. Put up an insightful thread and see the best of Ajanlekoko. Far ahead of many of us in analytical power.

Others:
2, 9jaganga: Another incisive analyst
3, Ibime: Usually takes a moderate approach to issues. Quite versatile. Incisive and informed comments. His comments, especially when serious, are class.
4, Pcicero - Has a good grasp of happenings in Nigerian politics and deploy same in analysing issues
5, Beaf: Forget about his radical, sometimes subjective, views, he is not a bad analyst, much as we hardly agree on issues. Even when you disagree with him, it's always an uphill task knocking out his points.


Honourable mentions:
-Bawomolo
-Afam
-Knowall
-Grafikdon
-Jakumo
-otokx
-Mikeansy
-Sagamite
-naijatoday
-SEFAGO
-Biina
-Adigun101
-Thinkrait
-Dis Guy
-Larez
-Nuzo

Not forgetting:
-Naijaking
-Epiphany
-Xavier
-fyneguy
-na-so
-Kobojunkie
-bibiking


This is a radical departure from my list when I contributed to the similar topic last year. Came across a lot of folk in 2009 that radically shaped, if not render useless, my 2008 list. Only 2 out of my Top 5 in 2008 could manage to make my list again, one dropping to 'Honourable mention' list and the other further down in 'Not forgetting' list.

@Poster, I'm very sorry for breaking your rule. I have numbered the Top 5 as a direct response to your request, but I can't help not listing other folk that are worth mentioning.

1, Politics
2, Sports
3, Nairaland
4, Islam for Muslims
5, Culture(used to be my no 2 before but it has lost its steam)

larrylere:
Do not put sentiment!

UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
ABU
UNILAG

Unilorin above OAU and UI? No sentiment indeed!

Back to NL Politics sections, after being busy with sallah activities in the village over the last few days. A lot of interesting things had actually gone on while I was away, especially the thread on critical reasoning, which I just saw now, and can't help reading the incisive analyses by a chance team of Nairaland's most informed political analysts, as opposed to news-copying-and-pasting posters.

On the topic at hand, I have said elsewhere on Nairaland in similar topics, that my Nigerian role models are three:

1, FOLA ADEOLA: Founding CEO of GTB and founder of FATE foundation. I chose this man as my role model when I was in my first year in the university. I read about him and chose to tread his path. His corporate governance credentials endeared him to me. He is a core professional with high regard for ethics. He is the man behind the brand GTB boasts of today. With a humble background and an HND from a Polytechnic, Fola broke barriers to become one of Nigeria's most respected CEOs of the time. After leaving the corporate scene(at operational, day-to-day management level), he set up FATE foundation.

2. WALE TINUBU: The CEO of Oando Group. It was sometime around late 2001, the newspapers were awash with a giant stride in Nigeria's home-grown entrepreneurship history. A company called Ocean and Oil, owned by a trio of young Nigerian businessmen which had been operating silently since 1994, dared to acquire Unipetrol, a government-owned oil marketing company put up for sale. The guys did not stop at that, they took over the Nigerian downstream arm of Agip. Enter Oando Plc and welcome the brain behind this daring foray, Wale Tinubu. And the guy was just 34. Wanting to be brief here, I will not debunk beforehand, the claim that he is fronting for some people. The claim is nothing but arrant gibberish. Yes, Wale was a silverspoon, but you need to know him and follow him closely like me to know that he is arguably Nigeria's brightest entrepreneur of his generation. His is a man of vision, a man that is demystifying the conception that multi-nationals cannot have a third-world origin. He hardly makes noise like our Harvard-trained lau-lau entrepreneur that employs people on papers. Let me just stop here because if I go on, I will do a thousand-liner on my man.

3. LAMIDO SANUSI: Former CEO of FBN and now Governor of CBN. Did I hear somebody say Jarus has stirred the hornet's nest again? Yes, it's me and Sanusi again. I have had Sanusi as one of my role models before he became this popular, before most of you knew him, before he became CBN governor. Refer to this thread that was done in March this year, far before Sanusi's name came up as candidate for CBN governorship: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-248924.0.html .
Why did he I choose Sanusi? 1, He is one the folks that demystified my long held perception that Hausa/Fulani folks are dumbheads. First northerner to become GMD of FBN in its over 100 years of existence. Lesson: Irrespective of the backwardness of your people, intellectually, you can stand out and compete with people from the other end. 2, And chiefly, I admire his having time and being knowledgeable enough outside his primary field, to contribute to national socio-political discourse despite his being a top banker that is ordinarily having meant to overtly neutral, politically. He is wide read and has a good grasp of history, philosophy and politics apart from his primary field of economics and banking.


Am I following their footsteps?
Trying to. Professionally, still meandering between going Fola Adeola way(work your way to top CEO of a company you are not necessarily the owner and become a personality brand, an institution) or Wale Tinubu way(with little resources probably from family or savings, start something local, dare, take a bold step, and go global). To the extent of ignoring one's corporate personalities, at times, and openly contributing to national discourse(in newspapers), I'm already on Sanusi path, which is only coincidental anyway, as I had been doing that even before I knew him. I only found encouragement in him. But I doubt if I can be wide-read in philosophy, politics and history as him, much as I would love to. Maybe, when I temporarily hang this morning-to-midnight corporate job and go back to school.

So if the woman had not accused the Senate of lacking 'integrity and capacity to legislate for the poor', they would not have opened the can of worms in her office which they were aware of.

This kind of politics is just disgusting!!!

I can see thé thread has been derailed. This is warning all thé derailers, esp Abuzola & illusion to behave themselves, otherwise U'll be recommended 4 ban.

server34:
Can someone help me too. . .choose between a Kia Sportage (2009) or Honda Accord (2009) as your only / everyday car.

How is orange comparable with apple. I'll go with Honda Accord(2009) anyday.

Except the crucial one. He must have gone back to his hotel room after the game, run through the video of the decisive moment and immediately felt like someone who has just handed over their bank account details to an emailer from Nigeria who has been in touch promising to deposit therein several million quid

wow, it has gotten to this extent

This is very common now. Lots of guys out there that play this trick.

World cup talk is here again. With Africa this time around being represented by four of its strongest teams(CIV, Cameroun, Ghana, and Nigeria), plus two other teams, though with no intimadating pedigree, which can not be written off(SA and Algeria), pundits have tipped at least one African team making it to the Semi-final for the first time. How true is this? July 2010 is just around the corner.

Now, let's take a review at Africa's past performances in the global mundial, with a discussion on African teams that have 'pretended' and  contended in past editions.

The subject of debate is: Which African team has had the best performance at the world cup?

THE NOMINEES, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, ARE:
1, Cameroun @ Italia 90:: Spearheaded by ageless Roger Milla, who made the team by presidential fiat, the Indomitable Lions shook the whole footballing world, beating defending champion, Argentina, and topping the group. The team was the first African team to enter WC Quarter final and it took two penalties for England to send the packing.

2, Nigeria @ USA 94: Qualifying for the world cup for the first time after decades of fruitless efforts, the SE arrived USA red hot, spitting fire.  Bulgaria, which eventaully finished 4th place, were the first victim of Eagles' merciless form. They Europeans were drubbed 3 nil. With a 2-1 defeat to Argentina and 2-0 spanking of Greece, Naija team ended topping the group.
At the knock-out stage, Nigeria was 3 minutes aways from cruising into the Quarter final when a Roberto Baggio equalizer suddenly dashed their hope. The rest is history. Another ET goal from the Italian saw the SE crash out of the mundial. Despite not going beyond second round, the Nigerian team went home with their heads high. The whole world commended their entertaining play, which was a departure from the physical, gbugbugbu style African teams are known for.

3, Nigeria @ France 98 Having won the olympics a couple of years earlier, beating powerhouses like Argentina and Brazil, the SE went to France with very high rating. And they began the campaign in a manner confirming their pre-tournament rating, spanking a star-studded Spain, and leading a group in a WC, is definitely no mean feat, forget about how complacency saw them being humiliated by Paraguay in their last group match. Still basking in the euphoria of beating a star-studded Brazil two years earlier, the Naija men were already talking about meeting Brazil at the Q/final as if their opponent in the second round, Denmark, had come to the tournament with disabled footballers. They paid the price by a 4-1 humiliation in the hands of the Danes. The defeat of Spain and topping of the group were the highlight of this SE's showing in France, and that is what qualified that performance for a nomination.

4, Senegal @ Korea/Japan 2002 Senegal qualified for the world cup silently. Having fallen down the pecking order in African teams rating since 1992, Senegal had been relegated to a grade B team in Africa. But unknown to many, they were putting their house in order again. Not even their beating Nigeria and getting to the final of the year's edition of ANC, made people take them seriously. Nobody expected they can spring any surprise in Korea/Japan. Parading a team that had virtually all the players plying their trade in top teams in France, teh Teranga Lions shhok the footballing world by surprise in the opening game, defeating defending world and European champions, France. To show that it was no fluke, the team scaled through to second round and handed star-studded Swedish side a 2-0 defeat, thanks to two world class goals from Henri Camara. It took 94 minutes of play for the skilful Turkish to send the Africans packing. A very wonderful show from the Senegalese, no doubt.

5, Ghana @ Germany 2006 After playing the world only in their dreams for more than 4 decades, the Ghanaians finally made their way to the global mundial. And they followed Nigeria and Senegal in the tradition of first-timers springing surprise. The Ghanaians had a very fantastic showing at the mundial, beating highly rated Czech republic and USA, though lost to eventaully winners, Italy. At the second round, the Ghanaians were not horrible against a far more veteran Brazilian team, but they can't withstand the superior firepower of the Ronaldo-led Brazilian team. They chop three unreplied goals, but they left Germany with their heads high

6. CIV @ Germany 2006: With stars spread over top clubs in Europe, the Ivorians arrived Germany with the whole Africa banking on them to do the motherland proud. Unfortunately they were grouped in a group of death. They had decent showing against the star-studded Argentine and Dutch team, only that all the Drogbas, Aruna Kones, Aruna Dindanes forgot their scoring boots in Abidjan. Insignificant to mention that they defeated Serbia and Montenegro. The team deserve at least nomination for African best performance in WC

7. Morocco @ France 98 The North Africans also had a decent showing in France 98, with Mustapha Hadji running the show. But for Brazil controversially and suspiciously losing to Norway in the last match, the Moroccans would have made it to the second.


Now let's open the floor. Which of these African teams, or any other I might have omitted, had the best showing in world cup?

Bola Tinubu has met me.

azeezengr:
@ JARUS, am sincerely sorry for being harsh, it's about passion but still yet am sorry once more. Thanks 4 your right observation

No problems my dear brother.

ROTFLMAO. . . . can't help laughing out in office

Anyway, this should be in Jokes section.

My Top is still:
-OAU
-Unilag
-UI
-UNN
-ABU

So NL has become campaign ground. Anyway, no problems with that sha.

But can that Wole Akala himself come here and Nairalanders grill him?

azeezengr:
It's a pity how selfish and how childish most of us live our life, So nobody is talking about widow, motherless, or orphan in this celebration. For me, I have gotten a widow that me and my family are going to celebrate with here at Gwagwalada, And guess what it will be a double reward for us as she & her kids will be happy, my wife, kids and self will also be happy coupled with d fact that we shall get reward 4m Almighty Allah. Lastly remember to fast on Thursday-the day of Arafat because Allah do answer supplications specially on D Day.BARKA DA SALLAH!!!

Very great advice there. But you could have said it milder. Visiting the widow, motherless, orphans, etc are no doubt very rewarding and meritorious, but failure to do is not a SIN. It is therefore harsh to call anybody that doesn't have that as part of his/her sallah plans selfish.

You could have reminded and advised us to remember to do such meritorious acts, just as somenody advised and reminded to fast on Arafah day, rather than going that harsh.