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...

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...

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...

Nigeria is not in the ‘Group of Death’. Such a headline cannot be serious. The result of the just concluded World Cup draws in Cairo, Egypt, is too good to be true and cannot be described as anything near the...

I have always known that football is more than just the game played on the field. It is an incredibly powerful weapon that can be deployed effectively to drive a cause, tackle a societal problem, impact lives, win an election,...

I am stirring the hornets nest again.  The present times actually demand such ‘madness’.  I can almost hear many Nigerians, particularly those that cannot shake off the idea of a White coach being superior to anything a Black coach can offer,...

I can hardly recognize present-day Nigeria from the country I was born into, grew up in, and served in my own little ways.  Beyond politics, corruption and poor governance that have raped and left this abundantly rich and blessed country...

The Super Eagles can win the World Cup in the next 10 years, at the championships of 2026 or 2030. That should be Nigerians’ next target. In 1994, at the USA ‘94 World Cup, with 14 minutes to go and playing against...