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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Solving Nigeria’s unending sports development challenge!
Nigeria’s sports development suffered a major derailment between 2004 and 2006. That situation sustains till now, unfortunately. Until, the ‘train’ is put back on the track, no proper development may be able to take place. This sad state of affairs...
Finidi Gèorge – shepherding a new era!
To succeed in sports and to become a champion, as in life generally, is hardly ever a tea party. It is never easy. It takes discovering talent early, hard work, patience, perseverance, plenty of time to train and practice, discipline,...
‘Go-slow’ at the bottleneck of selecting Super Eagles coach.
At the end of AFCON 2023 in February, Jose Paseiro, the Portuguese Manager that took the Super Eagles to Cote D’Ivoire became history. His contract was not renewed by the Nigeria Football Federation despite getting to the final of the...
The role of the Sports Ministry in Nigerian Sports.
An interesting news report ‘provokes’ this article. Ordinarily, I would not attempt to delve again into a controversial subject that has created the most crisis and confusion in Nigerian sports administration through the decades. The more one discusses it the...
Nigerian Football – Stuck in the Mud of leadership!
Today, Nigerian football is beset with very many challenges. That’s why despite the abundance of talent in the country, taking domestic Nigerian football to another level has become seemingly impossible. It has been stuck for almost 3 decades now in...
My coach for the Super Eagles!
I do not like to bring up the issue of coaches, because we forget easily. Let us talk about a few foreign coaches since Clemens Westerhof, my friend, the acclaimed best coach in Nigeria’s history, was engaged to coach the...
Paseiro….going, going, gone!
When the story of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, through history will be told, it will never be complete without the mention of a certain Jose Paseiro. Without doubt, he will be listed amongst the national coaches that...
John Owan Eno – a silent operator!
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...
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...
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