US weekly news magazine TIME has named Nigerian President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan amongst its 100 Most Influential People in the World. Jonathan who popped up on the prestigious list which was released today, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 on the magazine’s official website falls behind US President, Barrack Obama.
US professional basketball player with the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin who had a tremendous season ranks number one on the list. Others who make the top ten are US football quarterback for the New York Jets, Tim Tebow, pop star Rihanna and African-American Academy Award nominee Viola Davis.
Well, he influenced the Occupy Naija fuel subsidy removal riot! Would come back and write the positive ones if I remember them.....
ReplyDeleteMy thots exactly. No positive things for us to remember o.... The negatives would take ages to write down. Too many of them
DeleteThis is just pandering. The useless, semi-retarded, President.
ReplyDeleteMy name should be there then. Since bad leader and ghost president like GEJ made the list, hardworking citizens like me should be among the top 10. Mtccchheeewww....
ReplyDeleteInfluential in what regard , allowing the Nation to run in slow motion and being clueless , influential at allowing corruption , nepotism , injustice , prevail ? Now he says he is just finishing his first term and he wants another term in 2015 , thus prolonging our backwardness and continues ridicule in the eyes of the whole world . Influential indeed , Reuben Abati well done oooh .
ReplyDeleteBased on what criteria please? Corruption and embezzlement??
ReplyDeleteMaybe they put him there because he rose from never wearing shoes to school to buying more shoes than he needs with our fuel subsidy money. Soon Boko Haram leader will make the list too.... Nonsense!
ReplyDeletefor having no shoes while growing up and now can wear designer's shoes, from eating caprice to eating prada rice and gucci beans, for dashing us a 1st lady like peshi throwing us missiles @ will - ehn Time mag una no do well
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke!! Anyway, He sure influenced the abuses and curses by Nigerians on him. Heard he is the most abused and cursed president based on internet reviews. Mtchheewww!!
ReplyDeleteWhich kain expensive joke be this?! If the list is this cheap, then his wife should have made the list too for blocking lagos roads and influencing traffic. All na influence abi? Influencial ko, influencial ni.... Ladun abeg give us better hot gist and leave the dead to bury their dead abeg.
ReplyDeleteHe's sitting on all the oil the West especially America wants, so he's influential to them.
ReplyDeleteGo Linsanity...............
I'm happy for him. But he still has a lot of work to do!
ReplyDeleteThe most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! GEJ? what a joke!!
ReplyDeleteHe is at the hemls of affair of Nigeria and that makes him - INFLUENTIAL. More than U imagine.......
ReplyDeleteI laughed hard when I 1st saw this I'm sure he has bribed sum people in time mag 2 put his name in the list. It is all part of re branding Nigeria 2 d world as Good people Great nation. My guy de find foreign investors #Just saying 26FE95FA
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