My work is my passion. It has always revolved around what I have done, and enjoy doing, most of my life - sport. I have just left an event in Lagos that excites me to no end. It is a...
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59 YEARS OF NIGERIAN SPORTS!
The death of sports development! Every year at about this time I receive requests from media organisations to contribute to the discussion on the state of Nigerian sports since Independence. For many recent years, I have found the experience traumatizing because...
From Hungary with love
The Hungarians heard about SOCA in Wasimi Orile, they came, they saw and they were smitten. The social 'explosion' in the heart of Ogun State in cultural social, educational and Sports development continues beautifully. The video speaks more than a...
Between Nigeria, Sport, Apartheid and Xenophobia!
There is always something confounding about South Africa. When I first heard the word ‘Apartheid’, it was in connection to South Africa. The country was one of the last bastions of slavery in the world. We, as Nigerians, massively contributed to fight...
A trip down memory lane.
Whao...friends then, friends now, in pure demonstration of the beauty and essence of sports, no matter how competitive and what's at stake. From left, Late Shooting Stars FC Captain Samuel Ojebode, Enugu Rangers Captain Christian Chukwu, yours truly Segun Odegbami,...
Sport, philosophy and the war of civilizations!
Let me admit that I really do not know what I am writing about today. So, forgive me if its reads like ‘Greek’. There is a looming war of the civilisations. In fact, it is ongoing. Between the global superpowers, USA,...
The frozen waves of the Sahara!
The Pilot has just announced it. We are 31,000 feet above sea level. I am on a flight from Cairo going back to Lagos at the end of the Players’ Committee meeting of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, of...
A letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
My Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, I apologise earnestly for this intrusion. I am writing this, Sir, in my capacity as an official Sports Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, an honour bestowed on me almost 2 decades ago by the federal...
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...
Oshodi – A slum, a tourist attraction
This week President Muhammad Buhari, opened the new Oshodi Transport Terminal, described by some people as an architectural masterpiece. This may not be directly related to sports, but I have since realized that all of life is, indeed, connected to...
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