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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Featured, General
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...
Featured, Tennis
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...
Featured, Football
The passage of an enigma – Ara!
He was an enigma. Last Sunday, ‘Ara’ died as quietly as he had lived his entire life. Otunba Deji Osibogun, my friend based in Ibadan, Nigeria, called to give me the sad news. Some time ago, for some reason, Deji...
Featured, General
Allen Onyema – Honouring unsung heroes of Nigerian sport
Allen Onyema is a very well-known name in business in Nigeria. He owns one of the best and biggest airline operations in the country. He was the Special Guest of Honour at ‘The FESTAC of Sports’ colloquium held at the...
Featured, General
A painful death, a sweet victory and the FESTAC of Sports.
Last week, a great Nigerian patriot, lawyer, former football player, proprietor of a professional club in Canada, sports administrator, international businessman and supreme sports marketer, a quiet gentleman that brought Nike to Africa, and to Nigeria in 1993. A man...
Analysis, Featured
Peace in Nigerian sports – going back to the future!
Nigerians are tired and frustrated with the unending crisis in some national Sports Federations. The particular case of the Nigeria Basketball Federation has compounded the situation as the Ministry of Youth and Sports, frustrated by the endless crisis, took a desperate decision that appears to have...
Featured, General
The FESTAC of Sports!
I urge everyone reading this to patiently allow the juices of their imagination, creativity and audacity to flow. Imagine an event somewhere in Africa, or the Caribbeans, that holds every few years. All the countries in Africa, as well as...
Featured, Football
Adekunle Awesu, the left-footed genius ‘resurrects’!
Any one born after 1978 may not have heard, or may not know about Adekunle Awesu and may choose to read this out of curiosity, or out of the prospect of informative value, or because I am suggesting they do...
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