I have just been appointed a member of an Advisory Board of a new body in Nigeria with a self-defining name – Exercise is Medicine. Exercise is Medicine is an agency of the American College of Sports Medicine. The Nigerian...
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Open letter to the Sports Constituency!
My dear Friends in Sports, Some months ago, I took a major step that you all are likely to be aware of. I joined the train of Nigerian politics. I understand the reaction of most of you in keeping a...
Featured, Sports Development
The National Sports Festival – Nigeria’s mini-Olympic Games!
A few days ago, the National Sports Festival began in Abuja. It happened without a whimper.On the opening day, the stadium was empty of spectators, the programs did not run smoothly, the lights in the stadium went out during the...
Featured, Football
Rangers International FC – more than a Football Club
Last week I received an avalanche of reactions to what I wrote about my team and team mates in Shooting Stars International Football Club in 1976, when, as a key member of that team, we became the first club in...
Featured, Football, Sports Development
An evening with Amaju Pinnick!
Last Thursday night, Amaju Pinnick was initially a reluctant guest on The Sports Parliament, a weekly television show that I anchor on NTA alongside sports gurus drawn from a pool of 18 members that constitute the parliament. By the time the...
Featured, Football
Where are they now – the history-making 1976 Shooting Stars squad?
2018 must be the ‘fastest’ year in history.It has gone like a breeze.I can’t believe it is November already.Was it not yesterday that we had the New Year celebrations, and were looking far ahead as if December is a lifetime...
Featured, Football
Remembering Rashidi Yekini at 55!
Some 6 years ago ‘Gangling’ was ‘murdered’ by careless family members. The circumstances of the untimely death, on 5thof May 2012, of legendary Nigerian football star, Rashidi Yekini, remain a mystery leaving a lingering sour taste in the mouth. The story of that...
Featured, Football
One Gold, Two Silver medals at Youth Olympics – a test of our credibility!
Nigerian athletes just returned from the 4th edition of the World Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They returned with 3 medals – One Gold and two Silver medals. I join all Nigerians in commending the young athletes as they provide a...
Featured, Football
Super Eagles – start of a new era!
The Super Eagles are back. Nigeria’s greatest image-makers and international brand ambassadors are back again.This weekend the Super Eagles resume their African Cup of Nations 2019 qualifier campaign in the city of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.A new look national team led by Ahmed Musa,...
Featured, Lecture paper, Politics, Sports Development
Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia – My Father, My Mentor, My Hero!
In my life, once again, I discovered that everything is connected. That life is like a jigsaw puzzle. I was in Abuja early this week. I was invited to the 2ndMemorial lecture for late Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudiaheld at the University of...
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