By John Abayomi, Deputy Online Editor

2011  can be described as a year of contradictions. The year where the good, the bad, the ugly, the absurd, the comical, and the bizarre, took centre stage in our nation.

Your summation of the year depends on who you are, your locality, exposure to the effects of government policies or lack of it, your beliefs, and many other factors  that may  help shape your view of the last 365 days.

Inasmuch, as Vanguard Online wishes to leave this initiative, ‘Readers Review 2011: My Man of the Year!’ to our esteemed readers, permit us to do a summary of  2011, based on our top stories – in terms of search, traffic, shares, debates and comments.

Top reported  issues/institutions in the year on Vanguard Online

They are:  general election, post election violence, Jonathan’s presidency, transformation agenda, Lagos floods, the judiciary, corruption allegations and trials, assassinations, Nations Cup qualification, Nigeria Football Federation, the English Premier League, kidnapping, rape (ABSU), Boko Haram bombings, murders (Arowolo, Lagos bizman), National Assembly, amnesty, toll gate, ghastly motor accidents, armed (bank) robbery, Licence plate, drug trafficking, Islamic banking, bank mergers,  tenure elongation, cashless society, fuel subsidy, among others.

Personalities in the news

They are: President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Farida Waziri, Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Odumegwu Ojukwu, Baba Suwe, Raji Fashola , Bola Tinubu, Emmanuel Uduaghan,  Samson Siasia, Ibrahim Babangida, Atiku, I Abubakar, IGP Hafiz Ringim, Sultan Saad’Abubakar III, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor,  Justice Salami, Muammar Gaddafi, Aliko Dangote, Tuface, Dbanj, Mercy Johnson, Aki & Pawpaw, Sam Loco Efe, Mc Loph, Christy Essien-Igbokwe, policeman, kidnapper, suicide bomber etc.

Note:  Readers can add the most important issues, events, and personalities of their choice that helped shaped the year.

My Man of the Year.

Who or what do you consider the person, group, event, idea, issue or object “for better or for worse, that has done the most to influence the events of the year 2011?