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Imagination will always set me ablaze,

What’s something most people don’t understand?

Imagination will always set me ablaze, i always imagine how I was created to this earth wounding how nature came to an existence and I strongly believe they’re a loft of people who share same thoughts with mine.

What’s something most people don’t understand is how this life is not balance.

some are poor some are rice some may struggle some never struggle and they call them favor of God, what about people who are face the hard way to survive are there not have the favor of load same.

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.

Dear me,

I was very sentimental when I watch my self in a mirror and I could release how old I have grown into, but what make me happy and keeping me strong and moving was the fact that I did all my responsibilities as a father of 3 wives, 10 children and ground father of 30 children and leaving happily and comfortably in life am blessed.

Hello me, I left behind 30 companies, some are cars, oil companies few to be mentioned, for my kids and my ground children so as to their will not go and start from where we begin from, I plan for a days like this, imagining 100 year with no access how could life be, and can you barely bare that.

My journey of life, though it has been tough I try to fight hard for what is rightfully mind, people that I have come to encountered with, they end up betrayed so I was careful because I wasn’t expecting love from no body as a setting time, I know where I am come from i should have figure out where am heading to, success is all about your determination it’s shouldn’t be about me being faster is about assurance.

I remember when I was in my 50s I ask myself a question as to if I am wealthy enough to face age at 70 to 80 age, but look at my today 100 and till counting

I am 100 years right, do know why, the secret is that i am positive, I will continue being positive though age is not by my side am not look stronger enough that wouldn’t stop me

So dear me, I will sincerely drop down my pen here. I coast ( word to the wise is ……….,,)

France Football have released their 30-player shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, and the headline news was that Lionel Messi was not among the nominees for the first time since 2005.

While the Argentine’s omission was slightly controversial (it’s not as if he was going to win the award anyway), a universally popular choice has been for players to be judged over the course of a season rather than a calendar year, making it a bit easier to rate just how they did.

We’ve sliced France Football’s shortlist in half to give us 15 frontrunners and ranked them based on their chances of winning. Let’s get

15. Rafael Leao

Club: AC Milan
Relevant stats: 42 games, 14 goals, 12 assists
Team honours: Serie A
Individual honours: Serie A MVP

23-year-old Leao has been touted to become a superstar for a few years now, and this was the season where he stepped up, leading Milan’s charge to their first Scudetto since 2011.

14. Joao Cancelo

Club: Manchester City
Relevant stats: 52 games, 3 goals, 10 assists, 21 clean sheets
Team honours: Premier League
Individual honours: PFA Team of the Year

Whether playing on the left or the right, attacking full-back Cancelo became a staple of Manchester City’s title-winning side, moving away from Pep Guardiola’s FPL rotation and becoming a key man.

13. Bernardo Silva

Club: Manchester City
Relevant stats: 50 games, 13 goals, 7 assists
Team honours: Premier League
Individual honours: PFA Team of the Year

For a brief period at the start of the season, Silva looked to be making a charge for the PFA Player of the Year award. His form tailed off a little, but he was still one of the Premier League’s most impressive players.

12. Son Heung-min

Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Relevant stats: 45 games, 24 goals, 10 assists
Team honours: None
Individual honours: Premier League Golden Boot

23 Premier League goals, zero penalties. Somehow omitted from the PFA Team of the Year. Yes I’m still angry about it.

Thibaut Courtois, Joshua Kimmich, Christopher Nkunku and Kylian Mbappe in action during 2021/22

Courtois, Kimmich, Nkunku and Mbappe shone brightly / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images, Boris Streubel/Getty Images, RONNY HARTMANN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images, Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images

11. Thibaut Courtois

Club: Real Madrid
Relevant stats: 51 games, 22 clean sheets
Team honours: La Liga, Champions League, Supercopa de Espana
Individual honours: Champions League Team of the Season, Champions League final Man of the Match

Courtois has spoken at length about how he feels disrespected by the media, that he’s perennially underrated. He silenced all of his doubters last season.

10. Joshua Kimmich

Club: Bayern Munich
Relevant stats: 39 games, 3 goals, 12 assists
Team honours: Bundesliga
Individual honours: Bundesliga Team of the Season

There hasn’t been as much hype around Kimmich this year, but that’s just how lofty his standards are now. He’s still unbelievable.

9. Christopher Nkunku

Club: RB Leipzig
Relevant stats: 51 games, 32 goals, 20 assists
Team honours: DFB-Pokal
Individual honours: Bundesliga Player of the Season, Bundesliga Team of the Season, Europa League Team of the Season

Nkunku has been bubbling away as a top player for Leipzig, but last season made him too good to leave out of conversations like this. Perhaps the biggest sign of his progress is the new widespread incredulity that PSG ever let him leave.

8. Kylian Mbappe

Club: Paris Saint-Germain
Relevant stats: 46 games, 39 goals, 26 assists
Team honours: Ligue 1
Individual honours: Ligue 1 Player of the Year, Ligue 1 Team of the Year, Ligue 1 Top Goalscorer

Hey, speaking of PSG…

Mbappe may still not have won the Champions League, but it certainly wasn’t for the want of trying – he put Real Madrid to the sword, his teammates didn’t follow.

Luka Modric, Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mane and Vinicius Junior in action during 2021/22

Modric, Lewandowski, Mane and Vinicius Just missed the podium / David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images, Stuart Franklin/Getty Images, Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images, Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images

7. Luka Modric

Club: Real Madrid
Relevant stats: 44 games, 3 goals, 12 assists
Team honours: La Liga, Champions League, Supercopa de Espana
Individual honours: Champions League Team of the Season

Where Mbappe failed though, Modric and co succeeded, with the Croatian continuing to age like a fine wine and picking his moments when to take his game up a few gears.

6. Robert Lewandowski

Club: Bayern Munich/Barcelona
Relevant stats: 46 games, 50 goals, 7 assists
Team honours: Bundesliga
Individual honours: European Golden Shoe, Bundesliga Team of the Season, Bundesliga Top Goalscorer

The only player in this to have scored more goals than to have games played last season. Lewandowski’s still got it.

5. Sadio Mane

Club: Liverpool/Bayern Munich
Relevant stats: 51 games, 23 goals, 5 assists
Team honours: EFL Cup, FA Cup, AFCON (with Senegal)
Individual honours: PFA Team of the Year, African Footballer of the Year

After an off year by his own expectations, Mane came roaring back with a vengeance. There’s every chance he’ll rank even higher next year after moving to Bayern, too.

4. Vinicius Junior

Club: Real Madrid
Relevant stats: 52 games, 22 goals, 12 assists
Team honours: La Liga, Champions League, Supercopa de Espana
Individual honours: Champions League Team of the Season

Remember when Karim Benzema insisted that Vinicius was ‘playing against’ Real Madrid? Seems a million years ago now, eh?

Kevin De Bruyne, Mohamed Salah and Karim Benzema in action during 2021/22

De Bruyne, Salah and Benzema make 90min’s top three / Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images, Joe Prior/Visionhaus via Getty Images

3. Kevin De Bruyne

Club: Manchester City
Relevant stats: 45 games, 19 goals, 14 assists
Team honours: Premier League
Individual honours: PFA Team of the Year, Champions League Team of the Season, Premier League Player of the Season

The only thing that’s capable of stopping De Bruyne is injuries, and thankfully those were few and far between last season.

2. Mohamed Salah

Club: Liverpool
Relevant stats: 51 games, 31 goals, 16 assists
Team honours: EFL Cup, FA Cup
Individual honours: PFA Player of the Year, PFA Team of the Year, FWA Men’s Footballer of the Year, Premier League Golden Boot, Premier League Playmaker Award

As you can see by his footballing CV, Salah was pretty obviously the best player in England last season. Unfortunately for him, someone else on the continent trumped even his achievements.

1. Karim Benzema

Club: Real Madrid
Relevant stats: 46 games, 44 goals, 15 assists
Team honours: La Liga, Champions League, Supercopa de Espana
Individual honours: La Liga Best Player, La Liga Team of the Season, Champions League Player of the Season, Champions League Team of the Season

If Benzema doesn’t win the 2022 Ballon d’Or then I will eat a shoe. Screenshot this, save it, frame it for all I care. It’s set in stone and d

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I admire been a journalist, to fight for the public welfare.

What profession do you admire I most and why?

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Kumasi Asante Kotoko through their lawyer Nilo Effori has secured a ruling from CAS granting Richmond Lamptey provisional measures (Stay of Execution) against the decision of the GFA Appeals Committee, meaning Lamptey is free to continue his career as his case is being heard by CAS.

Fofana home cloth

I will deal with clothing’s that will suite the public consumption, like lady’s wear, hand bag and both men and lady’s sneakers etc.

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?