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...
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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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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,...
A Tribute to President Shehu Shagari
Amongst the football fraternity of our time, he was a very good, simple, humble and generous leader. We loved him. Let me tell you why. To start with, it will be a great disservice not to pay a special tribute...
This world will ‘end’ in 2030!
I wish all my readers a Happy New Year. I am happy to predict that the world, the way we know it now, a global system that has been deliberately designed and constructed in such a way that the Black...
My unusual journey – Life after Sports!
I have just been appointed a member of an Advisory Board of a new body in Nigeria with a self-defining name – Exercise is Medicine. Exercise is Medicine is an agency of the American College of Sports Medicine. The Nigerian...
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