I am giving this matter very serious thought again. There have been massive reactions to my editorial last weekend titled ‘the plight of retired sports heroes’ published and read in various media. I am motivated to head to the civil...
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Letter to Mr. President.
Your Excellency, ECOWAS crisis - SPORTS to the rescue. On behalf of all Nigerians, I salute you, sir. In the year 2002, I was an emissary of former President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR. I was head of a delegation that was...
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Who wins AFCON 2025?
The bell tolls already. From December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026, the world will be treated to the best of African football, once again. My immediate feeling is that Nigeria can win AFCON 2025, but the Super Eagles will...
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Ernest Okonkwo and the revival of Sports commentating!
My name is Seģun Odegbami. It is a popular name alright in Nigeria, but more people across the African continent know me as ‘Mathematical’, a nickname coined and gifted to me by a famous sports commentator, late Ernest Okonkwo, during...
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A happy New year to all!
Philosophical Musings In Nigeria, life has been extremely difficult for most. Managing the challenges in the land is an arduous task for everyone. Yet, the people survive and even thrive, ending the year 2024 cushioned by the hope of a...
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Nigerian sports in 2025 – heading where no one has ever being.
2024 is about to drop into the archives of history. The year has had some significant moments and developments that provide a good indication of things to come in the New Year. On the eve of 2025, from my observatory...
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AMGA 2024 – from Zero to Hero – General Christopher Musa!
By the time you are reading this, the final event at the 2nd African Military Games will be taking place. Soldier-athletes from the over-20 African countries that finally participated will be preparing to return home after the closing ceremonies this...
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‘Owoblow’ – the one-man army!
Tribute to Dr. Felix Owolabi at 70. I don’t remember the very first time we met. It probably was on the football field, during a football match. Thinking back now, it could have been in 1977, during the epic FA...
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Nigerian Sports development… between Sokoto and sokoto!
As a writer of a weekly column, sometimes I run out of subject to write about. The mind goes into ‘idle’ mode, blanketed by the innumerable moving parts of life. Scanning through my mind for the ‘bigger’ stories often obscures...
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A New National Sports Commission
Two weeks ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the ‘death’ of the Ministry of Sports and immediately announced the rebirth of the National Sports Commission, NSC. With that single move, he did what no President in almost 20 years before...
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