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...
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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...
AFCON 2023 begins!
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...
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...
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