The five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of
the Year 2014 has been revealed.
Title holder Yaya Toure has been nominated for the sixth
consecutive year, along with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang,
Yacine Brahimi, Vincent Enyeama and Gervinho.
The winner will be decided by fans of African football, who
have until 18:00 GMT on Monday, 24 November to vote
for their choice.
You can vote online here.
Or to vote for BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014 by
SMS, text the number of the player you wish to vote for to
+447786202008.
Text 1 for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Text 2 for Yacine Brahimi
Text 3 for Vincent Enyeama
Text 4 for Gervinho
Text 5 for Yaya Toure
Standard international text rates apply. Please check with
your service provider. SMS votes are limited to one vote
per mobile phone number. Terms and conditions apply.
The winner will be announced on Monday, 1 December.
Four of the nominees played at this summer's World Cup
in Brazil, where for the first time in the tournament's
history two African sides made it out of the group phase.
Goalkeeper Enyeama played in the last 16 of the
tournament with Nigeria, while Brahimi reached the same
stage with Algeria.
Enyeama, 32, went into the event off the back of an
outstanding campaign for French club Lille - he kept 21
clean sheets for them last season.
In Spain, forward Brahimi's efforts for Granada led to him
being named best African player in the country last term
and earning a move to Porto.
Both players carried their excellent club form into the
showpiece finals and caught the eye with superb
performances - as did Ivory Coast forward Gervinho.
The Roma player has been a revelation in Italy since
leaving English Premier League side Arsenal, scoring 10
goals in 39 games for the Serie A side.
He and his compatriot Toure did not make it out of their
group in Brazil, but on a personal note both have enjoyed
impressive seasons.
Midfielder Toure helped guide Manchester City to their
second Premier League title in three years. He also won
the Capital One Cup.
Although striker Aubameyang did not play at Brazil 2014 -
because Gabon did not qualify - he makes the shortlist for
the second year in a row thanks to his club form.
The 25-year-old has settled in his second season with
German side Borussia Dortmund and his improvement has
been particularly noticeable in the Champions League,
where he has already scored three times in the current
campaign.
Previous winners of BBC African Footballer of the Year
award:
2013 - Yaya Toure (Manchester City & Ivory Coast)
2012 - Chris Katongo (Henan Construction & Zambia)
2011 - Andre Ayew (Marseille & Ghana)
2010 - Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland & Ghana)
2009 - Didier Drogba (Chelsea & Ivory Coast)
2008 - Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahly & Egypt)
2007 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal & Togo)
2006 - Michael Essien (Chelsea & Ghana)
2005 - Mohamed Barakat (Al Ahly & Egypt)
2004 - Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton & Nigeria)
2003 - Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton & Nigeria)
2002 - El Hadji Diouf (Liverpool & Senegal)
2001 - Sammy Kuffour (Bayern Munich & Ghana)
2000 - Patrick Mboma (Parma & Cameroon)

Exactly

Point

I have been looking and thinking. I look because I was
divinely ordained to serve as seer. I think because things
like insight, intuition and doubt are co-workers in divine
vineyard. They work together for good as supernatural
kit. I have been looking at things through eyes of divinity,
and most of the things I see are down-right ironies.
Truth is that things like irony and paradox are ruling
supremely in Africa. They are enthroned in both minds
and nations, and it is evident that Biafra and Nigeria are
among the worst victims. They are subjected under an
evil king (tyrant) known as irony in a fantastic state
called limbo.
I went to the wise years ago to have my usual dealings
with wisdom. They told me that Biafra is great land of the
wise, and that the people (Biafrans) are gems and wizs,
great people of renown. I opened my eyes and looked in
wisdom. Guess what I saw! Rare diamonds everywhere
in Biafra! That was what I saw when I looked .
I went for confirmation, and intuition told me that Biafra
is full of best choices and brains. But when I turned and
looked in reality, what I saw were like wise fools and
benighted lions living and misbehaving in shadows of
pretense. Some were sheepish and some were wild in
darkness. Why
I asked myself why because there are still many things
that makes me wonder in Biafra. One of them is a
popular saying, a generally accepted belief in Igboland of
Biafra. What is the saying? If you don't know go to elders
of Igboland and ask. They will whisper it to you cynically
in Igbo Language: "Igbo enweyi eze!" Meaning! I mean
what does it mean? If you do not know go to the people
and ask. They will explain it frantically to you because
they generally believe that Igbo people are not meant to
have any person as their king on earth. This is great
irony, isn't it?
I said that I have been looking and thinking. I have also
written an article previously in this regards. The title is
"IRONY IS GOING!" My question here is very simple.
Why on earth should a people has no king?
I returned to the wise to know why. They told me that
irony is king in limbo and that a kind is head. They
equally explained it wisely saying that both man and
nation are dead without head. "One is dead when one is
beheaded," said the wise.
What I am saying in essence is that wisdom and intuition
told me that Igbo is dead because Igbo people has no
head. Barr. Ralph Uwazurike was formally crowned to
serve as king of Igboland. But Igbo people turned and
rejected him as their head. That was why I wrote an
article titled "UWAZURIKE & VACANT THRONE".
The truth here is very simple and conspicuous.
Everybody knows it. What is truth? If you do not know go
to wise and pay heed. They will tell you that Igbo is dead
because Igbo has no head. This means that Igbo people
are living like ghosts in limbo. That is why majority of
wise men in Igboland are like fools in reality.
Biafrans are gems and wizards in their minds only. It
implies that liberation of Biafra may end up in fantasy
world because gems and wizards exist in mind only.
Igbo people cannot liberate Biafra if irony remains their
king. They need real head to liberate Biafra in real life. I
am sure I have not spoken in tongues here. My question
is who is our leader in the struggle? Who does the cap
fit?
Bible said, "Buy the truth and sell it not." If we do not
know where to buy the truth, come to me and ask! I will
tell us that Ralph Uwazurike needs our backing, and our
backing is the money to buy the truth.

PDP is so pathetic.

Its Really pathetic . .TAN can get sued for this

The sensibility of Nigerians has been insulted
Few months ago, A non-governmental organization
under the aegis of Transformation Ambassadors of
Nigeria (TAN) circulated a message all over the internet
urging youths to register their bio-data for job
opportunities through TAN. Millions of Nigerians,
employed and unemployed, rushed into cyber café’s to
pay through their nose to purchase network-browsing
time while those who have smart phones and other ICT
gadgets with subscriptions made do with it and
registered duely and happily. Nigerians were asked to fill
in their phone numbers, permanent home address, local
government areas among other sensitive information.
Few weeks later, TAN began an endorsement rally in
support of President Jonathan’s re-election bid
throughout the various geo-political zones in Nigeria. To
the dismay of Nigerians, the bio-data which they naively
gave to TAN with the expectation that they would be
provided jobs were carefully collated and presented at
the various TAN rallies to the representatives of
President Jonathan, the Secretary to the Federal
government, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, as the Nigerians
who are happy with the President’s transformation
agenda in the creation of jobs, good healthcare delivery
system, improved national security e.t.c and have
happily and willingly endorsed President Jonathan for
another term of office come 2015
The use of bio-data of young Nigerians to score cheap,
shameless and ridiculous political points without their
consent is not only criminal and offensive but it is
unfortunate and an insult on the sensibility of these
young Nigerians, it is an embarrassment to this country
and its image as it is a dent not only the credibility of the
conveners of TAN but also on the presidency. The
youths of this country should not be cowed or tricked
into endorsing President Jonathan for another term in
office, TAN should have come out open and allow these
young Nigerians to freely express their opinions on
whether they wish to do so or not. Nigerian youths have
been taken for a ride and for fools. TAN should as a
matter of urgency render and unreserved apology in all
the National dailies, National Radio Stations and
Television stations to Nigerians on their heinous crime
and atrocity against the people.
Failure to do this would be met with legal consequences,
as various youths fora would have no other choice than
to proceed to a law court for a legal battle. The sensibility
of any people have never being this insulted in the
history of the existence of this country.. if you can’t help
us out of unemployment, poverty and poor standard of
living imposed on us by corruption and lack of ideas of
our leaders. At least, don’t insult us or take us for fools….
enough is enough

The department of philosophy is the best in the university of Calabar in terms of producing sound students and Lecturer-student relationship and is also the best philosophy department in Nigeria. .has some of the finest Professors. .Its current 100L students are intellectual warlords..I'm a Law student and had an encounter with 2 100L students and they sounded like professors already. .Any objections?

ANY PHILOSOPHY STUDENT IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!

GUYS NOBODY IS REPLYING ME...MALABITES UNA DEY??

I got admitted to study philosophy and I wanna change to history n intl studies. .I had average cut off of 249..and average for admission on merit in History n intl relations dept is 230..can I change successfully and how...help malabites!!

I got admitted to study philosophy in UNICAL, I had a cut off that would give me admission in History and intl studies..Now I want to change over. Please. help me Nairalanders...Students from other universities does it happen in your school?

OP you be idiattt. .Where the pics na

The PAUDC is currently ongoing in UNICAL..It features students from Anglophone African nations.. Botswana,Nigeria,Ghana,South Africa,etc. are adequately represented...It ends on Friday.. The quarter finals begins today !..The theme is.."Insecurity and Corruption in Africa".

The PAUDC is currently ongoing in UNICAL.It features Universities. from all over Anglophone African nations. .Quarter finals start tomorrow Friday.. It ends on Saturday

The PAUDC is currently ongoing in UNICAL.It features Universities. from all over Anglophone African nations. .Quarter finals start tomorrow Friday.. It ends on Saturday

Can someone plz answrr the question?

RedBenson:

Exactly my thought! What's the need if school resumes and no lecturer is on sight in the classroom? Still attributed to the same thing.

.No from tommorow a register will be brought and lecturers who want to teach will sign n resume work immediately..beleive u me...ALL lecturers would sign to resume work

RedBenson:

O boy, this is a very wrong time to ask dat question. I mean we are talking abt resumption and u are talking abt switching course. Wait first, let us resume, then we'll answer u.

@topic, how true is this? Reliable source pls!

...Very trur...My both parents are lecturers and they told me....d senate askd those who wanna work to sign n resume tomorrow..answer me please!!!

FP abeg....thank God..i just got admitted...i wana know...i got admitted for philosophy but i want to change to history and intl studies....is it possible

Nawa ohh...SEE PETER JOHN THOMAS FOR D FIRST PIC!!!!!

Rubbish...ASUU abeg nau....help our destiny!!