By the time you are reading this, the final event at the 2nd African Military Games will be taking place. Soldier-athletes from the over-20 African countries that finally participated will be preparing to return home after the closing ceremonies this...
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Nigerian Sports development… between Sokoto and sokoto!
As a writer of a weekly column, sometimes I run out of subject to write about. The mind goes into ‘idle’ mode, blanketed by the innumerable moving parts of life. Scanning through my mind for the ‘bigger’ stories often obscures...
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Super Eagles, changing the face of Nigerian football!
By the time you are reading this, the Super Eagles of Nigeria would have completed a very critical assignment against the Mediterranean Knights of Libya. It is critical because so much is at stake depending on how the match ended...
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Bruno who? – big gamble by the NFF
A few days ago, a new coach was hired for the Super Eagles, the national football team of Nigeria. Under normal circumstances, it would be considered too soon to start any controversial discourse on the man. However, the shrouded process...
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Beyond the medals – a different look at Paris 2024!
Cacophony fills the Nigerian sports space. From the ashes of the country’s participation at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games springs the shrill of anger and condemnation. In the past one week, Nigerians have collectively vented their anger and frustration at...
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Between Paris, the Olympic Games and I
I am in London, hopefully on my way, in the next few days, to Paris, the host city of the 2024 Olympiad. I am very excited about visiting Paris again after two previous experiences that are significant chapters in my...
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Sport – uniting the Black race!
When I started an FM radio station two years ago sited in a town so small on the map of the world that it almost does not exist, it was such an ‘insignificant’ step in the course of humanity that...
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The return of the Flying Antelopes
Elephants do not fly. That’s why I often wondered why Rangers International Football Club of Enugu are nicknamed ‘the Flying Elephants’. I know the genesis of the name ‘Rangers’. It is a deadly and destructive cannon used by Biafran soldiers...
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Random thoughts on football associations!
There are several things on my mind drawn from my piece last week. Reluctantly, but very importantly, I return to the issue of State Sports Associations and their place in the structure of Nigerian sports administration. I use the State...
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Good tidings from FIFA for Nigerian football!
Last Thursday, purely out of curiosity and the unusual invitation I received from Augustine Eguavoen, former captain as well as former Manager of the Super Eagles, for whom I have a lot of respect, I attended a Nigeria Football Federation...
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