The die is now cast. Last Friday night the world witnessed the draws of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The entire event was so well choreographed that even the eventual draws turned out to represent every country’s interest and no...
Football, Politics
The day of the African Footballer to rule has come!
I am very excited and agitated at the same time. There is so much playing around my mind that I will really make an effort to make some sense of it all in this piece today. First, my excitement. In...
Analysis, Featured, Football
Super Eagles – the black man’s burden, responsibility and hope!
I am not racist in any form or shape. There isn’t even an atom of it in my DNA. Unfortunately, I also now understand clearly that as a black man I belong to a specie that has probably always been...
Football
The man who named me ‘Mathematical’ – Ernest Okonkwo
For some reason, his name is ringing again in the information superhighway. On a few platforms in social media, I have been reading tons of comments by Nigerians I cannot make out why his name has suddenly resurrected at this...
General, Lecture paper
The Story of The International Sports Academy!
On Thursday, November 9, 2017, it shall be 10 years since the Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy (SOCA) started operating as Nigeria’s first multi-sports, full-fletched, co-educational secondary school. On that day parents, family, friends, corporate Nigeria, the media,...
General, Lecture paper
Nigeria with artificial internal boundaries – football to the rescue!
This is the story of a young man called Babankura! He is a breath of fresh air. I am not so sure how old he is because when I met him he did not come with a birth certificate. He...
Football, Sports Development
World Cup funds – why no NFF President has ever won a second term!
Kayode Thomas is a very well known Nigerian journalist, irrepressible, courageous and hard working. Through the years I have followed his career from a distance. His candour is remarkable, frank to a fault and down to earth. He is not...
Featured, Football
Congrats Super Eagles as Football takes over the world!
Many exciting things are happening around the world of football these days. Keeping pace has become a great challenge. All over the world last weekend, the penultimate series of matches for qualification for the 2018 World Cup went on. Many...
Football, Sports Development
How Nelson Mandela led me to discover the power of sport that can transform Nigeria!
On Monday, October 2, 2017, I shall be speaking at a public forum called The Platform organized by the Christian Covenant Centre, Iganmu, Lagos, on an issue that has been very close to my heart for decades. On the surface, it is...
Featured, Football
Looking at Nigerian politics through Sports!
I am not a politician. I have never been one. But one cannot be alive in Nigeria today and not be politically involved, either as an activist or a victim, in the political theatrics ongoing in the country. My head...
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