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Sermon in Freetown – Day 3

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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...

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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...

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Letter to President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR,

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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.

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The city with the best climate in the world!

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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...

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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...

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Television, NTA and Sports – the tragedy and the lessons from Uyo!

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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...

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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...

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Best Ogedegbe and Ibadan, the graveyard of forgotten football heroes!

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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...

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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...

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The King of Nigerian Schools’ football – a tribute to St. Murumba College! 

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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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2026 World Cup comes to Wasimi

I shall not be in the USA for the 2026 World Cup, because Nigeria will not be there.

So, am redirecting my energy to bringing the FIFA World Cup 2026 to Nigeria via Wasimi, Ogun State. One of means of doing so is an assembly of superstars across the field of entertainment to be guests, patrons, analysts, participants and performers during the 37 days of an entertainment extravaganza.

The conversations start in the morning on ‘90 mins with Mathematical’ with former Green Eagles player and international football coach, Sam Okpodu from Maryland, USA, and Baba Ikem, football developer and promoter of one of the fast growing football tournaments in Lagos State, UNITECOL Cup, for tertiary institutions. They join me for breakfast in the morning this Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Do not miss the second part of my Editorial titled ‘what my father NEVER taught me’, during the show.

Tune in to Eagle7 Sports Radio, 103.7 FM Abeokuta on terrestrial radio, or click from any other part of the world on eagle7fm.com/ from 7:30 AM in the morning of Saturday, April 25, 2026, and be connected to learn more.

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Luxurating in the paradise that is Wasinmi Luxurating in the paradise that is Wasinmi
From left, John Cashin (Chairman, Lagos State Wres From left, John Cashin (Chairman, Lagos State Wrestling Association), Lee Evans (former World Champion, world record holder and Double Olympic Gold medallist) and Segun Odegbami, at the finals of the 2019 Wasimi Youth Summer Soccer championship, in Wasimi, today.
Right now the Wasimi Youth Summer Football champio Right now the Wasimi Youth Summer Football championship, ends. The final match has just ended. 
The participants have dwindled in number. There are only 4 clubs with their players left here. But the spectators have increased and today wr are witnessing the largest audience yet at the 2019 festival of football. 
Too many things have happened in this environment these past two weeks that have left me breathless in e excitement, and further convinced about the efficacy of sports to impact a community or even society the way no other activity can. 
For example, HITV, at a time the fastest growing TV station in Nigeria, packed up and closed down the moment it lost its right to the Premier League. 
Till Now, DSTV's dominance of satellite TV broadcast is its stranglehold on several sports rights, particularly the EPL and European leagues.

But those are by the way. Here in Wasimi, a social-inclusion revolution has started. For the next few days, I invite all to follow the stories of incredible developments in Wasimi Orile on www.mathematical7.com. They are simply  mind-blowing.

Let me wet your appetite. 
A Hungarian business delegation caught the curiosity bug and has visited Wasimi Orile on an exploration. They left the country after 3 days with impressions that will shock all those young people who are deserting life in thè 'backward' village for urban areas and big cities, or scrambling and paying to be re-enslaved and put on rickety slave ships heading to Europe!

The Hungarians took a good look at the 'Garden of Eden' and did not want to depart from Wasimi Orile. The evidence will be presented in full colour on the website. 
PLUS the story of hundreds of boys and girls in the summer championship that walked 10 kilometres (to and fro) to a small hamlet deep in the jungle outside Wasimi, for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, in the little hamlet called Lemo, for a night of music, dance, feasting and film in the jungle. 
Lee Evans and John Cashin, my two American friends, both forrmer athletes, are with me now in Wasimi for the finals. They have become the first permanent returnees from America coming back to their ancestral roots. 
Do you see the irony?
From the venue of the Wasimi Youth Summer Football From the venue of the Wasimi Youth Summer Football champion for over 2000 football players from all over the country between ages 12 and 18, boys and girls. Over 3000 spectators watching what has become a true festival of youths and football. The Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy are actively driving this unique project that has stoked the local economy of Wasimi beyond imagination.  2 more weeks to go. The pictures speak.
From the venue of the On going Wasimi Youth Summer From the venue of the On going Wasimi Youth Summer Football championship. Over 2000 players between 12 and 18, boys and girls, are participating in an event that has become a festival. There are over 3000 people watching. Simply unbelievable.
Heading out with Rangers oldies to watch (play) a Heading out with Rangers oldies to watch (play) a novelty match.
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The Eagle finally lands on Planet Nollywood! 5 days to Christmas. It is the eve of my first major shot...

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Abeokuta, a town under siege! The curtains are drawn. The filming of Ayinla has been finally put to bed. It...

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Ipara Uncle Jimi Solanke is a man of many artistic parts - teacher, actor, singer, writer, fine artist, dramatist,  multi-instrumentalist,...

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Today is actually day 9 or 10 of the shooting of the film Ayinla, but it is Day 2 of...

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Ososa. It is Day 2 for me at the filming of Ayinla. For Tunde Kelani, TK, it is Day 8....

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Tribute to Dr. Felix Owolabi at 70. I don’t remember the very first time we met. It probably was on...

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