Some 3 hours ago, I arrived Volgograd with the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, who had specially invited me to come and meet with members of the Super Eagles as part of his strategy to motivate the...
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As the 2018 World Cup begins, my thoughts are on 2030!
By the time you are reading this, I shall be in Russia. For the next month, every other activity on the planet shall be put on temporary hold. Meanwhile, last Thursday night, on the very first day of the world’s...
Analysis, Featured
Sports, politics, Professor Wole Soyinka, George Weah and Ogun State!
The title of this piece is not designed to mislead or confuse. It is the best way I am able to capture in a few words the many different thoughts and persons connected to one another in my mind. Everyone knows that Professor Wole...
Featured, General, Sports Development
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan – A metaphor for the South West!
Were Chief Obafemi Awolowo to wake up from his place of eternal rest and see what has become of the Western Region of Nigeria, one of the places that would make him wail the loudest would be the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan.He would...
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At last, I meet my greatest Fan!
In 1978, unsolicited, without even ever meeting me, he waxed a great song to celebrate my marriage as well as my exploits as a football player. This was at the height of my playing career in Shooting Stars Football Club...
Featured, General
Ogun State, politics and the 2026 World Cup!
These are politically crazy times in Nigeria.Voluntarily, or not, everyone is involved in the unfolding drama.I am thinking. How can I use the World Cup as a metaphor, a tool to project a vision of change in Ogun State, where...
Featured, General, Sports Development
In the aftermath of the Commonwealth Games – A medal is not any medal!
This is one of those weeks for me. There is little happening around of great interest in our domestic sport. So, I spend more time groping in the dark for what to write in order to fill this page with...
Featured, General, Sports Development
Sport is life and life is sport!
The Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast of Australia is rounding off this weekend. Whilst the games have been a feast of sports they have also being a painful reminder of our country’s past as well as its current state....
Featured, Sports Development
The Commonwealth Games are not about Money or Medals but about participation!
The Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast 2018, have commenced in Australia. Some Nigerian athletes that should be there are not because officials say they are not medal hopefuls. And that only those with the prospect of winning their event should attend...
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A special tribute to Our mother – Maami!
That’s what we all called her – Maami. We sometimes also called her mum, the English word for mother, even though she understood only two words of the English language. Despite that my siblings and I spoke the adulterated version,...
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