A few days into the month of November, my mind is set on my late friend, African/American legendary athlete and international coach, Lee Edward Evans. I have told his incredible story many times before. I cannot tire of doing so...
The Sports Diplomat!
This weekend, the All Blacks of New Zealand and the Springsboks of South Africa will meet to settle their scores at the final match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Paris, France. The match is significant in too many...
Sport, as medicine – the first and last prescriptions!
What many people do not know about me is my relationship with the health sector. Almost 20 years ago, I was invited to consult for the Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, on Sports (Golf specifically). That relationship eventually took me to...
Player-Power and the Power of Football!
I have the writer’s block. I am mentally browsing and thinking. I have Nigeria, Spain, and Cristiano Ronaldo on my mind. Nigerian football is not thriving as well as it should because of the bedeviling internal crisis that endlessly rocks...
Shefiu Mohammed, Allen Onyema, and the God of ‘small things’
It is Thursday morning. I feel like story-telling. ‘Big things’ are happening around the world of sports. The success of the Super Eagles of Nigeria last Sunday has revived some confidence in the national football team that has been long-struggling...
Super Eagles in easy match. Lee Evans ‘resurrects’!
Tomorrow, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will soar some how, any how, against the minnows from Sao Tome. The victory will cement Nigeria’s route to Cote D’Ivoire in January 2024 when the African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2024, begins. Before...
The Sports and Diplomacy Wall of Fame
It is the morning of July 29, 2023. I am at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, in Lagos, Nigeria. It is a wet, cool and calm morning, and as I drive into the premises it is empty of...
The life of an OLYMPIAN – Night of a hundred gods and goddesses!
It happened on Thursday night at the Yar Adua Conference centre, Abuja. Some of the most outstanding athletes in Nigeria's Olympic sports in the past six decades (therefore all Olympians), assembled for a special bi-annual re-union organised to remind their...
Jeremiah Okorodudu, please forgive Nigeria!
It is a sad day and a sadder period for sports in Nigeria. A few days ago, Jeremiah Okorodudu, a famous Nigerian boxer, probably the most flamboyant and loquacious boxer in the country’s boxing history, died in a private hospital...
July 28th, 2023 – Stepping backwards to see farther ahead in Nigerian Sports.
Officially, the football season in our part of the world has ended. The European Leagues are also on break, and all national football teams have resumed their march to other continental championships. Even those ones will soon give way to...
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