I had an unusual conversation with Rashidi Yekini last Wednesday in my office in Yaba, Lagos. Of course, everyone knows that the greatest goal scorer in the history of Nigerian football rests in peace with his Creator. So, the circumstances...
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Again, the power of sport to impact the world!
I run the risk of sounding like a broken record and repeating myself from last week. A happy New Year to all. One day soon in the future the world will wake up from its leisurely slumber and start to...
Football, Sports Development
Sports and Politics – George Weah breaks the barrier!
My wish and prayer are that the New Year brings happy times to all the readers of this column. The tail end of 2017 has come with one truly terrific development for sports. George Opong Weah, the first African to...
Featured, Football
Nigeria in the Group of Death or Group of Hope?
The die is now cast. Last Friday night the world witnessed the draws of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The entire event was so well choreographed that even the eventual draws turned out to represent every country’s interest and no...
Football, Politics
The day of the African Footballer to rule has come!
I am very excited and agitated at the same time. There is so much playing around my mind that I will really make an effort to make some sense of it all in this piece today. First, my excitement. In...
Analysis, Featured, Football
Super Eagles – the black man’s burden, responsibility and hope!
I am not racist in any form or shape. There isn’t even an atom of it in my DNA. Unfortunately, I also now understand clearly that as a black man I belong to a specie that has probably always been...
Football
The man who named me ‘Mathematical’ – Ernest Okonkwo
For some reason, his name is ringing again in the information superhighway. On a few platforms in social media, I have been reading tons of comments by Nigerians I cannot make out why his name has suddenly resurrected at this...
Football, Sports Development
World Cup funds – why no NFF President has ever won a second term!
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...
Featured, Football
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...
Football, Sports Development
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...
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