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Reno is an slowpoke who would say and do anything for money. Zero value, zero integrity, zero sense. Peter Obi couldn't have descended so low.

Pilgrimage... One of the major economic problems of Nigeria. Now government will fund trip for 95,000 people and still fund the dollars for their pocket money. No wonder Africa is backward.

Very nice and portable car

The problem is just that you can't drive it in the same road Dangote drivers ply.

I'm beginning to doubt this man's calling these days.

I'm beginning to think these men of God work hand in hand with our politicians.

I'm beginning to think the poor man is becoming hopeless by the day.

These guys are just sharing our money. God please help us.

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Karim Benzema - 76

Playing almost all of his games for Real Madrid since 2009, Benzema was always going to struggle to get too high on this list, and not because he was never good enough. The Frenchman was sensational as Los Blancos' main striker for over a decade, but as a result of playing for such a quality team, he was always surrounded by world-class players in each and every game.

The aforementioned Ronaldo would have claimed a lot of Man of the Match prizes in games that Benzema also impressed in, which does make this slightly harsh on the now 35-year-old. It is still an impressive feat to have one Man of the Match award for every eight games on average over the course of 593 games.

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Antoine Griezmann - 85

Benzema's former French teammate is next on the list as the Atletico Madrid forward has just shy of 10 more Man of the Match awards than his compatriot. Griezmann has played for three different clubs in La Liga during this time as he started as a winger at Real Sociedad. His impressive spell there gained him a move to Atletico in the first place, where he then left to join Barcelona. The Catalan club was the place he had struggled for form the most, and may have prevented him from getting higher up on this list.

He has always been appreciated by Diego Simeone at Atletico, and this was shown as the club signed him back from Barcelona and helped him recapture his previous form. 14% of his 601 appearances have resulted in Griezmann being the stand-out performer on the pitch.

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Kevin de Bruyne - 85

Joining Griezmann on 85 awards, the Belgian gets extra credit for appearing in only 444 games in the same period of time which is 156 less than the Frenchman. Manchester City have been a revelation almost ever since he joined the club from Wolfsburg in 2015, and his time at the Etihad will certainly be the spell of his career that has seen him given the majority of these Man of the Match trophies.

De Bruyne has been at the very centre of five Premier League title wins, a Champions League success and various domestic cup triumphs. In almost every game City play, one of their players is very likely to be voted as the Man of the Match such is their dominance. The 32-year-old has an impressive record of winning the award in just under one game out of every five.

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Harry Kane - 88

The English goal machine has been the best performer in 20% of his games with 88 in 433 appearances. Having just recently moved to Bayern Munich, these statistics are predominantly based on his time with Tottenham, where he scored 213 league goals - becoming the second-highest Premier League scorer of all-time - and 280 in all competitions.

He has played fewer games than all three players below him in the list which says a lot about how much Spurs have relied on him over the years, as he is in elite company. Bayern Munich will dominate games and present him the chance to score even more goals per season than he managed in the Premier League, meaning his numbers are not likely to slow down any time soon. If we were to re-visit this list in 12 months, there is a strong chance Kane could have moved up a place or two.

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Neymar - 90

Having just called an end to his time playing in Europe, Neymar has definitely been a bag of entertainment during his spells at both Barcelona and PSG. Obviously, this takes into account his Man of the Match awards for his time at Santos too, but he has really become a global star since moving to Barcelona initially. The Brazilian is perhaps taken for granted at times as this graphic shows he has been the stand-out performer in more than 25% of his 337 matches. That figure is much less than every other player on the list as Neymar has regularly struggled with injuries in his career.

Ligue 1 is often questioned for the quality of football by fans of the other top leagues, and Neymar playing for PSG since 2017 may give him an advantage. Regardless of the quality in the league, there can be no doubts that the Brazilian superstar has been a joy to watch, with incredible skills and wonderful goals during his tenure. The same could be said of his time in Spain as he formed part of the iconic MSN trio.

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Robert Lewandowski - 96

In similar fashion to Kane going forward, Lewandowski was helped by the fact he played for an incredibly dominant Bayern Munich team in Germany for the majority of the years in question here. But having said that, he still had to perform which he certainly did with 344 goals scored during his time with the club. The reason he got the big move to Bayern Munich was the form he showed for Borussia Dortmund in the years prior.

A league winning debut season at Barcelona in 2022/23 did no harm to his total either as the Polish striker picked up where he left off at his new club. He has played more games than Kane, who is below him in the list, but less than Benzema and Griezmann. A respectable percentage of 17% of his matches have seen him named Man of the Match.

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Eden Hazard - 100

Despite a nightmare four years at Real Madrid - where injuries and fitness really hampered his game time - Hazard managed an incredible 100 Man of the Match performances in his time between 2009 and 2023. He had the pick of the best teams in Europe in 2012 when he left Lille after putting in some dazzling performances in France. The Belgian winger chose to sign for the European champions, Chelsea, in what proved to be a brilliant decision as he went on to help the side to two league titles in seven years.

Still as popular as ever among the Blues' fan base, Hazard has not been the same ever since leaving Stamford Bridge in 2019 which actually makes his position in this list look even more impressive, with four seasons effectively written off. His time in the Premier League cemented him as one of the most technically gifted and exciting players the division has seen.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 116

Ibrahimovic represented five different clubs in the spell looked at, including two separate stints at AC Milan. Incredibly, he did not disappoint for any of the clubs apart from Pep Guardiola's Barcelona, as shown by the fact he did not spend long at the club at all. He is the oldest player to appear on the list and now actually the only player to have retired as he hung up his boots following the 2022/23 season.

Had the statistics stretched back five more years, the number he accumulated would no doubt be a lot higher than the already impressive tally. Being a key man for PSG, AC Milan, Manchester United and LA Galaxy is no easy feat - but for Ibra - it was no problem at all.

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Cristiano Ronaldo - 176

It really is incredible that Ronaldo does not come out on top of this list despite being Man of the Match in just under 30% of his 607 matches since 2009. There are no prizes for guessing the man to finish above him either, but a haul of 176 is incredible in its own right. His first spell at Manchester United, where he stunned fans as he rose to prominence, is discounted from this graphic as it came before his move to Real Madrid in 2009.

This just goes to show that his career total will be even more impressive than this statistic already is. It will be no consolation for the man that strives to be the very best at everything. He has achieved pretty much everything in his career, but even small stats like this will bother the perfectionist.

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Lionel Messi - 324

Mind-blowing. From 628 appearances since 2009, the little magician has been named Man of the Match in more than half of those games, 52% to be exact. Barcelona was the main club to see the very best of Messi, but Inter Miami have been getting a very, very good version of the Argentinian in recent weeks. His time at the Nou Camp was on another level from anything football fans of this generation have ever seen.

It may be a statistic to give him an edge in the hot debate with Ronaldo as it is not even close, with Messi not being too far off having twice as many of these awards in comparison to his Portuguese counterpart. It should come as no surprise that the 36-year-old finishes top of this list as he did incredibly score a record-breaking 91 goals in the calendar year of 2012.

Throwback:
Even Peter Obi refused to release his University Bachelor's Degree and NYSC Certificate to INEC, yet Igbos want Tinubu to allow Atiku go to USA to collect all his academic and personal records?

Atiku even funny. He demanded that the University must provide him all the certificates they have issued from 1979 till 2023.

That was when the University realised that politicians like Atiku and Obi are jokers who think that America is Africa.

I just shame for Atiku and Obi.

Very desperate politicians who lost despite all the prostitution and ticket hunting.

You must really be miserable to always mention Obi all the time for no reason at all.

What's Obi's business with the article or subject topic?

We all knew that's where it would end. Emefiele was just a stooge who does the dirty job. The real men has Tinubu by his licking balls. Too bad!

Our leaders have just been scamming us.

JP please minus the $3 billion they borrowed last week through NNPC. E remain 700m

Baba is still paying for campaign instead facing Nigerias numerous problems head-on.

All these ones don collect. I am very sorry for Baba sha make BP no kill am last last when judiciary declare judgement.

Same way people who didn't go to school will say school is a scam.

And Yahoo boys will say hardwork is a scam.

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Can't wait for my goat to start speaking English. I'm eagerly looking forward to it.

Opari! We af enter one chance.

We joke a lot in this country aswear.

complexstuffs:
See as IPOB cannibals dey foam for mouth...

You do dey alright las las

Now it's IPOB. You're just hope.. Less

complexstuffs:

This news go dey turn OBIDIENTS for belle

Have you called Aboki to confirm it, or you just swallow everything policians concoct through the media.

How daft some of you can be. Now anyone who refused to be fooled by politicians is Obedient?

Ikaeniyan0:
You're sad the news is about the naira strengthening against the dollar

Wake up and face reality... Dollar is still 940 this morning.

We are Nigerians and we can't keep allowing politicians deceive us with the media. You and I will suffer it.

Lies from the pit of hell.

TooNoisy:
Obi is gradually turning into Donald Trump. Trying to use his IPOB supporters to threaten and overturn an election he knows he lost. We know the game he is playing... which is to continue the momentum till 2027. But I have two pieces of advice for him

1. He needs to call his hoodlum supporters to order now as people now see him as a desperate tribal politician trying so hard to steal an election he came third in.

2. He should watch what is going on with Trump now. The only reason why Trump is not in prison is because he is an ex president ... a position Obi will not have. So Tinubu is just waiting for the court process to end and DSS will come hard on these hoodlums. No leader would tolerate this rubbish from a bunch of sore losers. Obi himself could be arrested if he doesn't stop these inflammatory statements.

In any election, there must be a winner and lots of losers. Atiku who came second has not made this much noise. Obi has no mandate and its time to call his IPOB supporters to order because it is not by force to govern a country.

Some of you just reason with your arse hole. Do you think before you type at all?

Disgusting!!

No, these excuses we keep making is what is weakening the Naira.

So so talk no action. APC never accept responsibility for anything, we are in for some real sh+t.

I hope they're not involving our soldiers? We have so many battle fronts at home already.

Moreover, what moral right does an illegitimate president have to ask another illegitimate leader to step down.

A thief shouldn't stand as judge over a thief.

Haaa!!

Tinubu has come to finish what Buhari started.

Honestly, there's serious frustration in the land right now.

Time to start dragging end time employers.

Omoo! See modern slavery!!

Lol... Scammers

You mean you'll let go of the 70 Nera you just added 3weeks ago?

We're in a deep shit!

ycat:
You make no sense, you sound like a very bitter person who is just finding excuse that equally make no sense.

You are the one on the side thag used sentiments because your candidate don't measure up. There was no sentiment involved in our decision to choose candidate Tinubu, his track record set him apart as the beat of the 3.

You can't choose nominees for president Tinubu, let him choose his 1 million nominees and let us compare budgets when he's done. If he's going to block wasteful spending ans hire more people to get the govt running, im all for it. I trust him to not spend N200 where it used to be N100. Sometimes 80 people can cost you less than 40 people if you know what you are doing.

Start by telling yourself the truth first, Nigeria can only move forward if we don't play bitter politics.

Let's give him a chance to do what he promised, and he will be the best president, he was born for this.

I'm really trying not to insult you, but the words to describe you are too harsh.

You don't deserve my attention.

ycat:
Ok let's talk about the ones you understand.


Why do you see supporting president Tinubu as hatred for igbos when you are the ones hating us for performing our civic duties of choosing our president and standing by him when he's unjustly and unreasonably abused? A 2 months old president even if he's without land mines and roadblocks can't do much.

True everyone have right to vote who they wish. For Tinubu, the handwriting was clear from beginning but it's just that we are too sentimental about everything. And yes, two months is enough to see where we're headed.

I voted Buhari in 2015 and I'm wiser now. I defended him and kept making excuses everywhere for him till the sixth month when I couldn't lie to myself anymore. See where he brought us today? My brother, black can never be white and a man can never give what he doesn't have.

Everyday Tinubu continue to show us how use. less he is. I mean everyday! Look at the Ministerial list, it keeps growing, and now close to 80. Even clue.less Buhari did not appoint more than 40 persons which was the highest so far. Does that tell you he cares about what hardship the people are going through?

We will never move forward if we don't tell ourselves the truth.

Well, I come here to catch cruise and just laff. I don't argue Nigeria matter because he no dey end.

ycat:
That's not the story of Yoruba, and even you in all your fraud know th

But when you keep hearing gbe gbe gbe, even the stupid people will start to gbe whatever they have on the ground.

Every past Nigerian president let us know who his people are, but with president Tinubu we expect it to be on the light side.

I actually don't understand what you wrote.

I don't judge people and I don't generalize. There are a lot of sensible yorubas out there even more than the stupid ones. Every tribe or family have those type of people. I'm just saying the ones still supporting tinubu in spite of their hardship and suffering are doing it mainly because of their deep hatred for Igbo.

Deogratiasfx:
Some of them don't even get the peanut. Their only 'benefit' is tribe and or religion.

Their only benefit is 'our brother is the president'

These same people can't even feed their families. They can sacrifice their children because of hatred for Igbo.