http://mathematical7.com To instigate, contribute to and promote the development of youths in Nigeria using the power of Sports Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:15:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://mathematical7.com/2012-a-year-of-sports-revival/ http://mathematical7.com/2012-a-year-of-sports-revival/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:43:15 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1371 Everything points in the direction of failure. As we open a new chapter in the football in Nigeria this week ominous clouds hide the treasure that lies beneath it. The outgoing year has been the worst in Nigeria's football history. I do not think that any Nigerian would think that things could get any worse. That being so,]]> http://mathematical7.com/2012-a-year-of-sports-revival/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/congratulations-nff-but/ http://mathematical7.com/congratulations-nff-but/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:08:28 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1341 I read a report in one of the daily newspapers that a high court in Abuja has delivered judgement in favour of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, in a suit brought before the court. I do not know the intricacies of the matter so I am unable to make any informed comment. But if the report of the newspaper is correct, as a law abiding citizen of this country,]]> http://mathematical7.com/congratulations-nff-but/feed/ 1 http://mathematical7.com/the-return-of-el-kanemi-warriors-football-club-of-borno/ http://mathematical7.com/the-return-of-el-kanemi-warriors-football-club-of-borno/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:41:12 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1331 "Let me welcome you and thank you very much for visiting our State. I must say that you are very daring'. Those were the words of Kashim Shettima, ex-banker, ex-commissioner, and now Governor of Borno State to a 4-man delegation of the Nigeria Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM) that visited him last week in the State's capital city that has been under siege in recent times.]]> http://mathematical7.com/the-return-of-el-kanemi-warriors-football-club-of-borno/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/peering-into-the-future-of-nigerian-football/ http://mathematical7.com/peering-into-the-future-of-nigerian-football/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:46:02 +0000 bigseg http://mathematical7.com/?p=1311 In the ancient coastal city of Calabar I had a sneak preview of the future of Nigerian football. That future may still be several years ahead but when circumstances present the opportunity for one to be in the right place at the right time, one can actually seize the moment and peer into the crystal ball of life. Last Tuesday such a circumstance presented itself. I was invited to Calabar by the Nigeria School Sports Federation President and the Commissioner of Sports of the Cross Rivers State government as special guest at the finals of the Under-12 football competition of the National School Sports Festival. I went]]> http://mathematical7.com/peering-into-the-future-of-nigerian-football/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/how-long-will-stephen-keshi-last/ http://mathematical7.com/how-long-will-stephen-keshi-last/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:38:12 +0000 bigseg http://mathematical7.com/?p=1293 In the history of Nigerian football only two coaches have ever survived the axe of the NFA. Even then, both of them left in circumstances that are not far from being sacked. ]]> http://mathematical7.com/how-long-will-stephen-keshi-last/feed/ 0 http://mathematical7.com/lets-build-mega-clubs-in-nigeria-rauf-aregbesola/ http://mathematical7.com/lets-build-mega-clubs-in-nigeria-rauf-aregbesola/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:36:21 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1282 I did not know him or anything about him until he became commissioner of works in the government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Even then I did not have a personal encounter with the man even if his reputation preceded him everywhere. It was almost mystical. He was described by those that knew him as a fanatical workaholic! Since he became governor of Osun State,..]]> http://mathematical7.com/lets-build-mega-clubs-in-nigeria-rauf-aregbesola/feed/ 1 http://mathematical7.com/samuel-ojebode-is-critically-ill/ http://mathematical7.com/samuel-ojebode-is-critically-ill/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:30:53 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1280 I am writing this on Thursday morning. I am about to put my original write-up to bed when I receive a call from a former colleague in Shooting Stars Football Club, Ibadan. His words pierce my heart like an arrow. No, God, please do not let it be true. I am blaming myself already. Did I wait too long before making contact with the government of Oyo State?]]> http://mathematical7.com/samuel-ojebode-is-critically-ill/feed/ 3 http://mathematical7.com/siasia-out-keshi-in-more-of-the-same-thing/ http://mathematical7.com/siasia-out-keshi-in-more-of-the-same-thing/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:29:59 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1229 The 'Chief Justice' got it right! I listened to Chief Adokie Amiesimaka, ex-international football player and one of the most erudite and informed commentators on Nigerian football, on Ray Power FM the other day. He said that Samson Siasia has been made the scapegoat of the present crisis in Nigerian football; that coaching is not the problem with the National team and that even if Nigeria were to hire the combination of Mourinho and Ferguson to handle the team, they would fail with honours giving the circumstances presently around Nigerian football. He said that ]]> http://mathematical7.com/siasia-out-keshi-in-more-of-the-same-thing/feed/ 1 http://mathematical7.com/as-nigeria-falls-ghana-rises/ http://mathematical7.com/as-nigeria-falls-ghana-rises/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:09:13 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1227 I have Ghana on my mind. It is Nigeria's close neighbour and its greatest rival in football. Both countries draw strength, inspiration and challenge from each other as the history between both countries reveals. Ghana's national teams and their players are doing very well these days. Indeed]]> http://mathematical7.com/as-nigeria-falls-ghana-rises/feed/ 2 http://mathematical7.com/sports-development-the-historic-meeting/ http://mathematical7.com/sports-development-the-historic-meeting/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:43:53 +0000 Segun Odegbami http://mathematical7.com/?p=1225 Thursday, October 27, 2011, will be a historic day in sports development in Nigeria. On that day a solid foundations for an authentic sports revolution will be laid. The capital city of Abuja will play host, for the first time in the country since independence, to a gathering of all 74 Commissioners of Sports and Education in the 36 States and the FCT and the Presidents of the 6 Sports Federations to be introduced to kick-start the academicals revival programme this year.]]> http://mathematical7.com/sports-development-the-historic-meeting/feed/ 0