Tonight may be Nigeria’s last night at the 2019 AFCON. If everything goes according to plan, the Super Eagles will be departing Cairo tomorrow on a chartered aircraft heading straight to Abuja, Nigeria. The team may not be in the Egyptian capital...
Football
Gernot Rohr – all is forgiven… but Nigeria needs a new coach for 2022!
Last Wednesday night, the Super Eagles put up their best performance so far in AFCON 2019. As difficult as the match was, there were almost no threats to the Nigerian goal throughout the encounter. Even the goal the South Africans scored...
General
The frozen waves of the Sahara!
The Pilot has just announced it. We are 31,000 feet above sea level. I am on a flight from Cairo going back to Lagos at the end of the Players’ Committee meeting of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, of...
Analysis, Football
The ‘Mortal’ sin of Gernot Rohr
Thank God I am not in charge of Nigerian football. If I was, Gernot Rohr would either be history by now or (depending on the content of his contract) be sitting out the rest of the AFCON championship from the...
Football
Interview with Chief MKO Abiola
I have a series of interviews with Chief MKO Abiola for your viewing and listening pleasure. Here is his take on Nigerian Football.
Football
The NFF and the Sports Ministry – the endless crisis!
Things are not very well with funding sports in Nigeria. The country was reminded again this past week, in Egypt and in France. It has become extremely rare for any national team of Nigerian athletes to attend an international event...
Football, Politics
Drama in Egypt – my conspiracy theory! Ahmad Ahmad, programmed not to return as President!
If you believe this write-up, you will believe anything. Excuse my lack of the facts on the matter because, since Issa Hayatou lost his seat as president of the Confederation of African football CAF, I lost my appetite for the...
Featured
The Chief MKO Abiola I knew!
From the bottom of my heart, and on behalf of all sportspersons, stakeholders, fans and supporters of all sports in Africa, I convey the gratitude of all to President Muhammadu Buhari for the recognition he accorded sports by renaming the...
Football
The Inglorious exit of the Flying Eagles!
I recall the good old days of Academicals football in Nigeria. The secondary schools used to produce football players of quality in an endless stream. No one asked about their ages. Studentship determined and separated the boys from the men. You had...
Featured, Politics
A New Dawn in Ogun State through Sports and the Arts?
We have a new governor in Ogun State – Prince Dapo Abiodun. Several weeks ago, I called him on telephone to congratulate him for a well fought electoral battle and for his eventual success. As he resumes work this week...
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