Kayode Thomas is a very well known Nigerian journalist, irrepressible, courageous and hard working. Through the years I have followed his career from a distance. His candour is remarkable, frank to a fault and down to earth. He is not...
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Congrats Super Eagles as Football takes over the world!
Many exciting things are happening around the world of football these days. Keeping pace has become a great challenge. All over the world last weekend, the penultimate series of matches for qualification for the 2018 World Cup went on. Many...
How Nelson Mandela led me to discover the power of sport that can transform Nigeria!
On Monday, October 2, 2017, I shall be speaking at a public forum called The Platform organized by the Christian Covenant Centre, Iganmu, Lagos, on an issue that has been very close to my heart for decades. On the surface, it is...
Looking at Nigerian politics through Sports!
I am not a politician. I have never been one. But one cannot be alive in Nigeria today and not be politically involved, either as an activist or a victim, in the political theatrics ongoing in the country. My head...
Super Eagles – the burden and the hope of the Black race.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria are much more than the national team of Nigeria. They are the hope of the Black race in a world dominated by others and where, as a human specie, despite the Centuries of struggles, they...
Cameroon and Nigeria in Dance of Death
I am struggling to write this on Thursday night.‘Under normal temperature and pressure’, as we used to say in physics class in those days, I should be commenting on the Super Eagles and their prospects in the very crucial first...
Why Cameroons must fall!
These are not the best of times for Nigerian football and for those in the business in Nigeria. Since the end of the last World Cup in Brazil, the football industry has been in famine. The reason is simple –...
Remembering Mudashiru Lawal.
This past week marks the 26th anniversary of the transition of Mudashiru Babatunde Tiamiyu Lawal. How time flies. The world has just moved on unperturbed, not missing a beat, not even for Muda, a true African football legend, one of...
The FIFA Confederations Cup – Cameroon and Germany!
I have been following the FIFA confederation cup matches in Russia with interest since it started. My main focus has been Cameroon and Germany. I guess my interest in the Cameroon national team is understandable. Nigeria and the Cameroon will...
Eagles –this time truly beaten!
Last Saturday in Uyo, something went very wrong for Nigeria’s Super Eagles, and very right for South Africa’s Bafana Bafana. Whilst Nigerians were stunned into a state of disbelief by the pedestrian performance of their national team, South Africans were...
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