These are very dreary times for Nigerian sports. For those of us that have been a part of several generations, the pain is deep.I was an active participant at the highest level from the mid 1970s when Nigerian sports were...
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Featured, Football
The Beautiful Game at its best!
I am grateful to the Creator of the Universe for making it possible for me to watch some of the most exciting and dramatic football matches in my life, back-to-back, in the space of the past few days. I am...
Football, General, Politics
Sport, the last card for Nigeria.
Now I know that Nigeria needs Sport to get out of the cesspool it has found itself after over 50 years of a political arrangement that has largely failed to produce results reflective of the country’s huge expectations at Independence...
Afcon 2019, Featured, Football
AFCON 2019 Daily Diary – Day 11
If I was in charge of Nigerian football, yesterday, I would have taken some very drastic decisions on the structure of the Super Eagles. Gernot Rohr should thank his lucky stars I am not. I shall, however, express my personal thoughts...
Football
‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu must not die o!
Some 7 years ago, I was part of a team of researchers from different countries in Africa that attended a workshop on Non-Communicable diseases in Africa. Over lunch one day in the city of Nairobi, Kenya, one of them, a...
Featured, Football
Bitrus Bewarang – Forgotten Hero of USA ’94!
Last Monday night was another memorable day in the annals of Nigerian football. 11 of the 22 players that represented Nigeria and became the first Nigerian national team to qualify and play at the World Cup finals, were re-assembled and...
Football, Sports Development
Saving Nigerian Domestic football leagues!
There is a recent scramble by sponsors to unscramble their relationship with the different national leagues. For the second season running, the Nigerian Premier League does not have a major title sponsor. The battle for the most prized possession in...
Featured, Football
The pathetic plight of Nigerian Sports heroes!
By the time you are reading this, my late friend, Taiwo Ogunjobi, would have been finally laid to rest in the city of Ibadan. Taiye did very well for Nigerian sports, first as a football player and later as an...
Featured, Football, Politics, Sports Development
Africa’s opportunity in 2030 threatened!
West Africa should wake up to the reality of what is going as the world prepares to host the biggest sports event in history in 2030, the Centennial World Cup. In that year, divinely scripted for West Africa, it will...
Featured, Football, General
My tribute to Taiwo Ogunjobi.
He died this morning. I had to cancel all my appointments today following the very sad and shocking news of the passage of my friend of over 46 years - Taiwo Ogunjobi, this morning. I have been unable to function...
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