For the next 4 weeks, this page will be dedicated to special reports on the African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2023. The biggest and most followed single sports event on the African continent kicks off in the next 24 hours...
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Featured posts…
AFCON ’23 on my mind.
I wish everyone on the planet a very Happy New Year. 2023 was a year marked by crisis around the world. Existential threats hung like an Albatross over humanity as tensions and tempers rose in several parts of the world....
The Exit of an unusual Eagle – Philip Boamah!
Except you are a die-hard football fan, a serious documenter of Nigeria’s football history, and above 50 years of age, it is most unlikely that you would know much about a name known in Ibadan football circles as Etu (Yoruba...
The ‘return’ of Tony Igwe – ‘World 2’ !
Who is the greatest right-full back in the history of Nigerian football?About a year ago, I asked football fans the question above, and conducted a small poll to get an answer. The response from Chief Dele Adetiba, a veteran journalist,...
Good tidings from FIFA for Nigerian football!
Last Thursday, purely out of curiosity and the unusual invitation I received from Augustine Eguavoen, former captain as well as former Manager of the Super Eagles, for whom I have a lot of respect, I attended a Nigeria Football Federation...
To sack Jose Paseiro, or not!
A friend, a foremost sports journalist, called me up last week from Abuja to inform me that he was racing to the office of the Minister of Sports to inform him of his decision to lead a national campaign to...
Between the posts – Nigeria’s weakest link! Between Best Ogedegbe, Francis Uzoho and Amas Obasogie!
Two days ago, the Super Eagles of Nigeria played against the Crocodiles of Lesotho. Ordinarily that should not take centre-stage in any sports conversation this weekend, beyond reporting the anticipated ‘massacre’ of the minnows from the Southern part of Africa....
Lee Evans again – the dream will not die!
I am writing this on Thursday night.I have just read Osifo Onome-Whiskey’s message to me, a reaction to my article last week. Onome, the maverick journalist, one of the founders of Tell Magazine, the masters of investigative journalism in Nigeria...
Lee Edward Evans – to be remembered, celebrated and immortalized in Abeokuta!
A few days into the month of November, my mind is set on my late friend, African/American legendary athlete and international coach, Lee Edward Evans. I have told his incredible story many times before. I cannot tire of doing so...
The Sports Diplomat!
This weekend, the All Blacks of New Zealand and the Springsboks of South Africa will meet to settle their scores at the final match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Paris, France. The match is significant in too many...
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