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I know online polls are not the gold standard, but I see Raymond Dokpesi closing this poll.

fabyom:
Oshimen is United top priority! 94 million Euros!

I think the game against Leicester City where he scored those 2 fantastic goals is making United consider him a better option than Nunez!

I prefer he goes to Arsenal because he will work better with their upcoming talents, rather than the largely spent forces at Utd.
However, Man Utd are the only English team willing to splash £80 million + on him

cococandy:
Lmao

This topic gave me some much needed comic relief

https://www.nairaland.com/7118570/amid-fuel-scarcity-group-picks

Ibime:
E be like na Jonathan wey Buhari dey back

Buhari is not interested in Tinubu and Osinbajo but has been romancing Jonathan for over a year

Don't be surprised to find Jonathan picked APC membership card a year ago

The presidency has already denied backing Jonathan, as if they would admit it in the first place

However, I’m beginning to the think the presidency may be secretly backing Emefiele, because it takes a lot of guts for a CBN Governor with ZERO experience in politics to enter fray, competing against established political heavyweights

Timipre Sylva has picked up his APC presidential form

Erling Haaland has agreed personal terms with Man City

BlueRayDick:
Omo! Even Tunde Bakare used church money collect 100m form

You haven’t seen anything yet. Many of these “pastors” are no more than charlatans in sheeps’ clothing.

DissTroy:
Wike doesn't want to be President. Gov. Udom doesn't want to be too. It's all a ploy to pressure the PDP to zone it to the South. And Wike pressured Udom to contest - they have been allies since 2016.

Obi's only 'flaw' in the North is where he hails from. If he were Igbo from the South South, he'd garner enough support in the North.

But Peter Obi is still the best candidate the PDP has contesting.
Of all the others, he's still the only technocrat who excelled tremendously in a previous elected position given the available finances, and he's the only one who has it on his record to have reversed the economic woes of his domain or at least bettered it.

Building bridges, stadia, and other infrastructure would not improve the economy, and that's what Nigeria needs - an economic turn around. That's where Peter Obi comes in.

if he (Peter Obi) gets the ticket, the only reason he wouldn't win is the voter apathy, in the South East especially.

In 2015, Akwa Ibom gave Goodluck Jonathan 953,000 votes and Anambra gave Goodluck a paltry 650,000 votes (I took time to paste the 2015 election results here https://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-election-results-idINL6N0WW4UM20150331 ), yet Anambra is slightly more populated than Akwa Ibom ( here I am adding the population of Nigeria by states https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nigerian_states_by_population ).

The voter apathy is even worse in Ebonyi and Abia States. Throughout the South, actually.

Buhari won Goodluck by only 3 million votes. Compare the casted votes in the South East to the number of registered voters, and you'd realize how paltry it is.

Instead of listening to the intimidation by the North, if you properly analyse election results, you'd know the South's main problem is voter apathy. The Middle Belt vote our way, and they have the population too.


If it's not Peter Obi, Osinbajo or Fayemi, we are just voting for the lesser evil.
But for economic transformation (which is really Nigerian's main concern) if it's not Peter Obi, we are just shortchanging ourselves.

The voter apathy in the SE (and other parts of the south) was largely the result of the deliberate disenfranchisement of voters in those zones.

I recall that a good number of voters in the south had issues receiving their PVCs from their local INEC HQs, while voters in the north were allowed to collect theirs from their local mosques and traditional rulers’ palaces. Moreover, on Election Day, 95% of incidences of faulty cars-readers occurred in the south, which angered a good chunk of voters and caused them to abruptly leave the polling units.

Yes, in general, the political participation among regular citizens in the SE and SS is lagging behind their compatriots in the north. But we can’t jettison the effect of INEC’s (deliberate?) disenfranchisement of voters in the south on especially the 2015 presidential election.

Ibime:
My brother delegate na round tripping. By the time you collect like $3k on average from each candidate, you should walk away with $30k from a convention. Not to mention monies candidate may have given to the Governor to settle his delegates in advance.

Chai! Being an active, prominent member of PDP and APC is the best lucrative side hustle.

Ibime:
For where, when Ganduje done block am right left and centre. Kwankwaso wey Atiku use him face rub ground for last PDP primary. Kwankwaso money no reach pass $5k per delegate while Atiku went up to $9k

So, Tinubu needs to pay each delegate at least N3million

If Arsenal finish above Chelsea, Arteta should be awarded Manager of the season. It’s almost improbable how they’ve moved from 15th, in early September, to top 4 at this stage of the season

do4luv14:
it's in Ajegunle not surulere

I know. Hence why I said the National stadium could be rebuilt in Surulere

timbros:
Back 2 back 2 back CHAMPIIIONS

Congrats to our ladies!!! They are slowing becoming the Man City of the women’s league

Unlimited22:
Why is no one talking about Tinubu's campaign manager's post on Twitter? Saying he's leaving APC?

Ewee!! Something is definitely not going right in BAT’s campaign. Maybe the soon to be ex-campaign manger rates Tinubu’s chances as slim.

BTW, it’s a mistake to say Wike won’t be competitive in the primaries cos that man has been in control of TRILLIONS of Naira of Rivers State money for SEVEN years. Surely, he would have more money than Atiku who cannot be worth more than $1bn.
Na the delegates wey go cash out big time sha

mostob:
Maracana multi-purpose stadium,Surulere

Cool stuff.. A private entity could also rebuild the National Stadium, Surulere, to either a standard Olympic stadium or a football-specific arena

Unpopular opinion:

Peter Obi’s ONLY fighting chance of winning the PDP nomination is Gov. Wike’s financial backing.. I suspect Wike may step down if he is promised a ‘juicy’ position in the federal government if the PDP wins

What a lovely sight!

Ibime:


This country no go kill pesin with laff

The country is more interesting than anything on Netflix.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]This one better naa

See this one [/color]

Lwkmd

Ibime:
Man has got a medal from last season Europa

Okay

CBN Governor don pick APC presidential form

Godx:
Chukwueze won the Europa league with Villarreal last season.

Okay. I forgot about that

Ibime:
All Americans buy with credit card. My hope is he is prudent on recruitment like Liverpool owners to compensate for his lack of cash. He runs some sports data companies so he may have an edge there.

Right! Let’s hope he can buy the next “big thing” in Europe for £20-30 million…

Ibime:
And Chukwueze

How

Victor Osimhen will choose Arsenal instead of Man Utd.. Now, I know say that boy get sense

Ibime:
New owner only worth $4.5bln

Roman was like $9bln (on paper)

The Ratcliffe guy is like $16bln

So, the new owner will likely buy Chelsea with a credit card, just as the Glazers did with Man Utd.

BlueMann:
Frankfurt vs Rangers, Europa league final

Rangers have really come a long way, didn't expect them to eliminate Leipzig. Wish they go on to win, good luck to Aribo and co.

Aribo, Bassey and Balogun could be the first Super Eagles players to win a UEFA club trophy since Mikel did so with Chelsea in 2013…

Osimhen has reportedly picked Arsenal ahead of Man Utd….

Dreamswayne:
I'm sure Alex Iwobi was a Super Eagle by 18/19 season!

Thanks for the correction

The trio of Bassey, Aribo and Balogun are set to become the first SE players to appear in a UEFA club final, since Mikel Obi did so for Chelsea in the 2013 Europa League final