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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Football, Sports Development
The Return of ‘Bede’ Insurance!
Ordinarily, this should not be headline news, that a football club has returned to the Premiership of Nigerian football. Except of course, if there is more to the club or the circumstances of the club’s return than meets the eye....
Football, Politics
The Super Falcons – Best African Women’s team ever!
The Super Falcons are at it again.They are about to extend history today when they take on the only team to have dented their record during this outgoing season of the Women’s African Cup of Nations Championship, AFCON, rounding off in Ghana today. South...
Football
When shall the Eagles be Kings of Africa again?
The Super Eagles regained some respect in African football last weekend. They drew with Bafana Bafana in Johannesburg. They had lost in their first-leg encounter in Nigeria a long time ago. Since the disappointment of not going beyond the first round (like all 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,...
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