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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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At the Olympics, you do not have to participate to be a Winner
It was in 1992, at the finals of the 100 X 4 metres relay race of the Barcelona Olympic Games in Spain. The Nigerian female quartet ran the last 50 metres of the race at such a blistering pace that...
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Birth of a New National Institute for Sports, NIS
I am delving into history. The past has always been my compass into the future on the issue of the Nigerian Institute for Sports, NIS. This is because the past was glorious. I was a part of that past. I...
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$10,000 US Dollars a month for Secretary!
“I am lucky to have left Nigeria early” – Jay Jay Okocha. The-above are the words of one of the greatest players in Nigeria’s football history. Austin Jay Jay Okocha’s words speak volumes, particularly, directly to the state of football...
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