I am writing on this issue again out of a sense of responsibility to the game that has dominated my activities through most of my years on earth. I believe that if the elections into the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,...
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The facts, fables and foibles of the NFF Elections!
It appears the train of the elections into the board of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has left the Terminus.The contestants are gearing up for the elections despite an overwhelming ‘consensus’ that some changes need to be made to the...
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No longer afraid to be 70!! I thank you all!
It is the day after the day, after the day, after…….! I am still in a trance. I have been in a daze, unable to fully rationalise and comprehend the events of the past 7 days in my life. It has been...
Featured, Football
NFF Elections – Plenty of Motion, no Movement
The Election for the office of President of the Nigeria Football Federation has gripped the imagination and attention of Nigerians. A meeting of the General Assembly of the federation has never attracted as much national attention as it did these...
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SOCA – the institution of Sports and Academic excellence!
I am devoting this page today, in order to provide some invaluable information on Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy, SOCA, a non-profit institution that has been rendering services to young Nigerian boys and girls with passion and ambition to pursue...
Featured, Football
Who is the Next President of the NFF?
That is the big poser, a million-Dollar question. I have tried to consult my crystal ball. It is unusually blurred and fuzzy. I asked some colleagues in the business of football. The blank looks on their faces spoke louder than...
Featured, Sports Development
A new Star is born!
There was celebration amongst the stars. It had been long in coming. For several years, a young Nigerian female athlete had been knocking on the door of success, to be let in. It was always so close it became only...
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Open Letter to H.E. Macky Sall, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) on forgotten African Sports heroes.
I salute you on behalf of all generations of African sportsmen and women. Forgive me for writing you a public letter even though a copy of this will soon be on your desk at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....
Featured, Football
Remembering El haj Mudashiŕu Babatunde Tiamiyu Lawal (MON, MFR).
Who is the greatest mid-field football player in the history of Nigerian football? The country is replete with a few footballers that can fit that bill - Sunday Oliseh, Mikel Obi, Jay Jay Okocha, Henry Nwosu, Friday Ekpo, Etim Esin, Samuel...
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My take away from Wimbledon – lessons for Nigerian parents!
Last week, Kehinde Ijaola returned from London where he went to officiate in the preliminary rounds of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship. I shared with him that he is now the third Nigerian to officiate at the history of the Wimbledon...
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