Allen Onyema is a very well-known name in business in Nigeria. He owns one of the best and biggest airline operations in the country. He was the Special Guest of Honour at ‘The FESTAC of Sports’ colloquium held at the...
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A painful death, a sweet victory and the FESTAC of Sports.
Last week, a great Nigerian patriot, lawyer, former football player, proprietor of a professional club in Canada, sports administrator, international businessman and supreme sports marketer, a quiet gentleman that brought Nike to Africa, and to Nigeria in 1993. A man...
The FESTAC of Sports!
I urge everyone reading this to patiently allow the juices of their imagination, creativity and audacity to flow. Imagine an event somewhere in Africa, or the Caribbeans, that holds every few years. All the countries in Africa, as well as...
Nigeria’s chances on the eve of the strangest Olympics!
The world of sport has been agog with action this past week. As much attention is being paid to the Games as to the resurgent Corona virus. From the ongoing Wimbledon Tennis championship, to football across 11 European cities for...
My Olympic story – Journey to Mount Olympus.
This is probably the most incredulous story you have ever read. On Thursday, June 24, 2021, I received a giant certificate issued by the World Olympians Association, recognising me officially, as an Olympian. If you know where I was coming...
When Sports and Wole Soyinka meet on the green fields of Wasimi Orile.
The late sage, Dr. Tai Solarin, confessed in his article that I re-published last week, that Samuel Ogbemudia, the first governor of former Mid West State, would have summarily sacked him as head of any school in the State because...
Tai Solarin on Samuel Ogbemudia and Sports – 48 years ago!!!!
This week, I humbly cede my column to one whose shoe laces I am unworthy to untie, Dr. Tai Solarin. Occasionally, I ask myself what I would have done differently had I become the governor of Ogun State when I...
‘And the man died’ – Lee Edward Evans
Please allow me to take literary license and write about Lee Edward Evans again this week. On Tuesday, May 17, some 15 minutes to midnight, the man died. It must never be said that one of the greatest athletes in...
Lee Evans must not die!
The above is the title of my broadcast on social media two days ago. I am repeating it here only as a guide to what has developed since then. The article generated global interest except in the sports fraternity in...
Sports Ministry versus Sports Federations – war after the Olympics?
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development obviously tugged at the tail of a tiger last week when the minister announced the dissolution of 31 National Sports Federation boards. It followed up almost immediately with the inauguration of caretaker committees...
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