Category: Sports Development

I was jolted by a friend’s short message last weekend.  He had read ‘My message to Nigerian youths – Gene and Geography’. He decided that the article needed a response which he delivered in a rather scathing, rhetorical statement pregnant...

On the 60th Independence anniversary of the World’s most populous Black and African country, there is one thing most Nigerians are in agreement with – things are not very well with the state of the country.  Given Nigeria’s huge resources and capacity,...

Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State of Nigeria, has returned to normalcy after the frenzy of two whole weeks of a festival of sports that many stakeholders have described as the best sports development programme to have taken place...

Something tells me Nigeria is entering an exciting new era in sports.  To start with, we have a new minister. He is a breath of some fresh air after a long period in the wilderness when nobody could tell where...

Wasimi, the little rustic town, some 26 kilometres from Abeokuta in Ogun State, is under the spell of football. However, the Wasimi project is much, more than just football.