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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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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A tribute to the Military in Nigerian Sports!
Last week, I had a very brief encounter with the 18th Chief of Defense Staff of the Nigerian Armed Forces, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, OFR. His words were, however, enough to evoke some recollection, reflection and nostalgia. I am, therefore,...
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The world has not ended!
Last week, the world was going to end! Or so we thought. Why? When the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris concluded without any of the 82 Nigerian athletes returning with a medal around their necks, Nigerians were infuriated. They...
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Beyond Paris ’24 – Nigeria, at the edge…..of greatness!
I am writing this on Friday morning to meet production deadline. Truth be told, as we approach the finish line of Paris 2024, Nigeria’s name is nowhere near the top of the final medals table. Of course, Nigeria is not...
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Rousing the ‘Sleeping Giant’ at Half-time of Paris 2024!
It is half-time at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Besides been different in a lot of ways, Paris 2024 has been an eye-opener for me. I thought I knew everything about the Olympic Games, having been actively involved (directly or indirectly) in all the...
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How a minister aborted the most ambitious Grassroots Sports Development program in Nigeria’s history.
On the eve of another Olympic Games, I invite the reader of this page to join me and shed their own tears. Believe it or not, when Dr. Ebele Goodluck Jonathan , GCFR, was President of Nigeria, he approved the establishment of...
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Nigerian football – a slightly different perspective!
These are sad times in Nigerian football. The events of the past two weeks have opened up a can of worms, plus the opportunity of a microscopic look beyond the superficiality of the incomprehensible drama. There is ‘madness’ in the...
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Nigerian football at the crossroads!
The least I can say now is that there is confusion in the ‘house’ of Nigerian football. The last two matches played within a space of a few days, against South Africa and Benin Republic, have thrown the Nigerian Football...
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The baptism of Finidi George!
By the time you are reading this on Saturday morning, Nigeria would have played the match that would mark Finidi George’s real baptism into the world of Nigerian football. The long awaited confrontation between between Bafana Bafana of South Africa...
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