I go for my tennis 'lesson' again, early. I am the one delivering the lessons this time. Aliyu is now 'humble'. A fantastic coach, but I crush him again in another match, 6-4. It lasts about an hour. He admits...
Nothing is free in Freetown – Day 2
Freetown, oh Freetown, nothing is free in Freetown o! That's Uncle Jimmy Johnson's message to me when he read last week that I am in Freetown. He is right, nothing is free here. I have learnt that in the four...
Letter to President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,
Your Excellency, A matter of national interest and attention. I write on behalf of the 22 members of the 1980 national football squad, the Green Eagles.
The city with the best climate in the world!
It is freezing cold here. It is a far cry from the temperate climate I left on Sunday afternoon in Jos to return to the sweltering megapolis of Lagos. I am aware that many people are waiting for the report of...
Football versus Racism – One match that FIFA could not, but must win!
Recent developments around football, especially in Europe, reveal that FIFA may only be play-acting and paying lip service to the issue of racism in football. The body responsible for football in the world, a sport that has tamed bridged human...
Television, NTA and Sports – the tragedy and the lessons from Uyo!
Congratulations Super Eagles for winning last Wednesday. An emerging mixture of old and new-look Super Eagles, a team of young players largely harvested from the wombs of European clubs, comes to Nigeria, led by their holidaying coach, to take on the Squirrels...
A peep into the belly of the League Management Company, LMC.
I found out a long time ago that some stakeholders in Nigerian football are very sensitive, emotional and protective of the body called the League Management Company, LMC. They do not like the organization to be a subject of discussion...
Best Ogedegbe and Ibadan, the graveyard of forgotten football heroes!
I shall be in Ibadan next week. Why should that be news? Well, it really should not be, but it is. Going to Ibadan, for me, has become a burden of some sort. For what I did in Ibadan, for...
Remembering Gangling Rashidi Yekini.
Had I known that he shared the same birthday as one of the greatest football players in the history of the game, I would not have been wondering for years about where Rashidi got his prodigious goal-scoring ability from. How...
The King of Nigerian Schools’ football – a tribute to St. Murumba College!
Which secondary school has produced the highest number of players for the Green/Super Eagles in Nigeria’s history? This is a Million-Dollar poser that I have been trying to solve in the past 48 hours. The process has been an experience I must...


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