I can’t believe it myself, but I am not in Egypt for the 32ndedition of the African Cup of Nations championship that kicked off last night in Cairo. I am unable to travel to Egypt because my international passport has been stuck...
General, Sports Development
Sports, a victim of Nigeria’s failure!
I love my country with all my heart and soul and body.That’s why I have given my all to her through all the decades since responding to my first national team call-up as a budding twenty-one-year-old undergraduate/football player. Since then...
Football
‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu must not die o!
Some 7 years ago, I was part of a team of researchers from different countries in Africa that attended a workshop on Non-Communicable diseases in Africa. Over lunch one day in the city of Nairobi, Kenya, one of them, a...
Featured, Football
Bitrus Bewarang – Forgotten Hero of USA ’94!
Last Monday night was another memorable day in the annals of Nigerian football. 11 of the 22 players that represented Nigeria and became the first Nigerian national team to qualify and play at the World Cup finals, were re-assembled and...
Featured, Sports Development
Establishing the best sports school in the world with Lee Evans!
When I returned from my American trip to the University of Rhode Island (URI) in 2006 my dream was very clear: to establish not just a sports secondary school, but the best such school in the world. I was determined...
Football, Sports Development
Saving Nigerian Domestic football leagues!
There is a recent scramble by sponsors to unscramble their relationship with the different national leagues. For the second season running, the Nigerian Premier League does not have a major title sponsor. The battle for the most prized possession in...
Featured, Football
The pathetic plight of Nigerian Sports heroes!
By the time you are reading this, my late friend, Taiwo Ogunjobi, would have been finally laid to rest in the city of Ibadan. Taiye did very well for Nigerian sports, first as a football player and later as an...
Politics
My Political Diary – Day 50
The honorarium we paid them, 500 Naira to each of the 5000 agents, a last-minute unexpected manna from heaven courtesy of a former senator, a retired general and a close friend, became an insult to their psyche. On the night...
Politics
My Political Diary – Day 49
A certain gloom was lifted off my mind this past weekend. Week by week throughout the 8 months of my adventure in Ogun State politics, Tunde Kelani, TK, my friend of almost 50 years, had been amused, entertained and horrified...
General, Politics
My Political Diary – Day 48
I have missed my political diary. Coming straight out of the ‘trauma’ of the elections, I could not find the zeal or impetus to write anything. Not with the several bad news that came to my attention in quick succession....
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