The ‘new’ Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Eno, is an enigmatic, silent operator. You hardly see him, yet, quietly, he is impacting Nigerian sports in a big way. It may be too early for a scorecard of his...
Category: AFCON 2023
AFCON 2023
AFCON – MY VERDICT!
It is the day after the day after the day after AFCON 2023 ended. For some altruistic reason, far from how the generality of Nigerians felt, I believed, even before the championship started, that Nigeria’s chances of winning it were...
AFCON 2023
Angola – thorn in the flesh?
I do not like football matches against Angola. Since that fateful day of August 19, 1989, at the national stadium in Lagos, when a match ended tragically with the death of Nigeria’s great and gifted midfield ‘general’ Samuel Okwaraji, I...
AFCON 2023, Football
Between the Eagle and the Lion – who wins tonight?
The stage is set for ‘War’. Between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the AFCON Gold trophy of 2023 stands an old formidable foe. They respect Nigerian players, but not Nigerian football. They always think the football in their country is of...
AFCON 2023, Featured
AFCON 2023 Special Report: Eagles – One small step, a giant leap to the Championship!
It was only one match, but it moved Nigeria several notches up the rung of victory at AFCON 2023. The match against Cote D’Ivoire confirmed the often-held notion that a potential Champion can be identified when a team is able...
AFCON 2023, Featured
AFCON 2023 begins!
For the next 4 weeks, this page will be dedicated to special reports on the African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2023. The biggest and most followed single sports event on the African continent kicks off in the next 24 hours...
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