I was half way through writing this week’s article titled ‘the Reality and the Fallacy in Nigerian Sports’ when I paused to watch the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying group match between Nigeria and Central African Republic, CAR, played in Lagos, Nigeria,...
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Nigerian at 61. Sports on a cliff – to plunge to death, or to learn to fly!
It is early morning of Friday, October 1, 2021. It is the 61st anniversary of Nigeria’s Independence. It is a public holiday when all Nigerians are expected to celebrate their ‘liberation’ from the shackles of colonial rule, the start of self-governance...
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The Pawn and the Prize – Mr. Sports Ambassador!
With gratitude to the Creator of the Universe, I have been very blessed. I am not a religious person in the classic sense of a person indoctrinated into certain strict beliefs and practices. On August 26, 2021, several things in...
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Connected by fate, separated by death! Tale of two strikers – Sunny Oyarekhua and Thompson Usiyan
The elements are at work again, playing games with the affairs of man. This is an unlikely tale of two of Nigeria’s greatest football strikers . Whenever my telephone rings at an ungodly hour, it bothers me, because, often it...
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John Fashanu, Otto Gloria and the burden of evidence!
Sports Ambassador, John Fashanu, has surely run into the stormy waters of Nigerian football with recent reports of an allegation purportedly made by him on a radio program in Lagos. I have not even tried to verify it because I...
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Sport – The universal level playing-field for the Black race!
That's why the late sage, Dr. Nelson Mandela, famously said: “Sport has the power to change the world”. It was not a flimsy speech by one of the most respected men in human history. It was a simple message but...
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Kenya and Jamaica – models for development of the sports industry in Africa!
Sports development in Africa is on my mind. I am asking myself probing questions. Uganda produced a John Akii-Bua in the early 1970s. He was the greatest hurdler in the world at the 1972 Olympics. Tanzania produced Filbert Bayi in...
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Eye on Tokyo 2020 ‘Hardwork and Merit before Prayers’
A certain Nigerian athlete is on my mind. She was billed to win, but she lost in her event. She worked extremely hard. She is funded and adopted by a powerful and well-respected spiritual leader. She has been a model...
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Eye on Tokyo 2020 (DAY 14) – The final chapter.
The end has come. Too soon, and finally, Nigeria can count its medals' haul from Tokyo 2020 - 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. Obviously the number does not look as impressive as most of the performances by the athletes. 'The...
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Eye on Tokyo 2020 (Day 13) – Prayer time for a miracle
It is a sad day in the Nigerian camp for several reasons. In every room in the Olympic Village or the various hotel rooms where Team Nigeria officials are staying in the city of Tokyo, there is some lamentation. To...
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