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,...
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General
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...
Featured, General
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...
Football, General, Politics
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...
General, Politics
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...
General, Sports Development
Sports, a victim of Nigeria’s failure!
I love my country with all my heart and soul and body.That’s why I have given my all to her through all the decades since responding to my first national team call-up as a budding twenty-one-year-old undergraduate/football player. Since then...
General, Politics
My Political Diary – Day 48
I have missed my political diary. Coming straight out of the ‘trauma’ of the elections, I could not find the zeal or impetus to write anything. Not with the several bad news that came to my attention in quick succession....
General, Politics
My Political Diary – Day 44
For some unknown reason I have not been reading newspapers for some weeks now. I did last Sunday. Until I did it never occurred to me how 'poorly' I was doing in the public space with my campaigns that have...
Featured, Football, General
My tribute to Taiwo Ogunjobi.
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...
Featured, General, Sports Development
The Lagos City Marathon!
The Marathon is the king of all races. It is a game of life played on the roads of a city. It presents the ultimate individual test for every participant in preparation, strategy, discipline, plan, training, endurance, focus, singlemindedness, frustration,...
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