I had an interesting chat with one of the most experienced heads on Nigerian football. He knows all the left-full backs on focus today. He coached a few of them. His choice of best Left-back kick-starts the conversation. Introduction...
Nigeria's Greatest Players
The greatest Goalkeeper in 60 years of Nigerian football!
I spent the whole of today in search of opinions on who the greatest goalkeeper in the history of Nigerian football since Independence in 1960 will be. What a day it turned out to be....working with my phone. It reminds...
Nigeria's Greatest Players
Players and Coaches choose their own greatest Captain in 60 years!
I am in a daze. The reactions from yesterday have been coming fast and furious. They have been mostly accusations: I left out some worthy captains' names from my list, e.g. Sunday Oliseh, Jerry Azinge, Nwankwo Kanu etc; I did not...
Nigeria's Greatest Players
The greatest Captain in the history of Nigerian football since Independence (Part 1)
That is the question I asked 10 very seasoned and well-renowned Nigerian football aficionados. Nigeria has had very many Captains (great and small) of the senior national team, either the Green Eagles or the Super Eagles, at different times...
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Odes and the Ides of March!
Do not mind the title of today’s column. I am just playing with words, even though they reflect my mind and the season. The month of March has become very significant for various reasons. Dele Odegbami March 4, marked the...
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Coming soon – Jay Jay Okocha versus Mathematical Odegbami
It is not what may be going through your mind as you read this headline - a football match, or a comparison between the megastar and legendary football magician, Jay Jay, the skills-workshop, Austin Okocha and the old mercurial, dazzling...
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The National Sports Festival – the greatest Sports show in Africa! A brief History
From March 22, 2020, the 20th edition of the Nigerian National Sports Festival will begin and Nigeria’s best domestic athletes will converge in the ancient city of Benin, Edo State, for the biggest domestic sports festival in the whole of Africa. This bi-annual...
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CAF – landmines buried in the sand!
From atop my little observatory, high up in the hills of Wasimi Orile, I am looking down at African football and, particularly, at the Confederation of African Football, CAF. The organization is hardly recognizable from what we thought was a...
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‘The Bull’, Nigeria’s new Football Ambassador!
Two weeks ago, the federal government announced the appointment of a new Football Ambassador for Nigeria. It did not come as a complete surprise because, somehow, I knew it was coming. Daniel ‘the Bull’ Amokachi, becomes only the third football...
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Mikel Obi and FESTAC – an unusual connection!
Please, read to the end of this write-up in order to appreciate the headline above. This is a fantastic illustration of the scope, relationship and influence of sports to the rest of life. Mikel Obi is Nigeria’s immediate past captain...
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