The Super Eagles of Nigeria are no longer the giants of African football. Since before Stephen Keshi quit as coach of the team I had observed the deficit of quality players in the team that could sustain the old traditions...
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Sports Developement
My final comment on Oliseh’s resignation
Let me apologise for remaining on this subject matter this week when so many other great things are happening around the world of football that should attract better attention now than the rather over-flogged matter of the resignation of Sunday...
The next FIFA President is revealed!
The next FIFA president may have already emerged two weeks before the elections scheduled to hold on February 26, 2016. Last week there was a report that members of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, have taken a decision to...
Why I lost my appetite for CHAN 2016
I wish I had followed my initial instincts not to watch any part of CHAN 2016 and not have any negative comments to pass on it beyond my misgivings the moment Rwanda were announced as hosts. That would have been...
My experience at the 2015 African Women’s Basketball Club championship!
This should actually be my diary of events at the finals of the 2015 African Women’s basketball Club championship that took place in Luanda, Angola these past two very eventful weeks. I led the delegation of the Elephant Girls, the...
FIFA – A message from Beyond!
During the week I watched all the matches of the Champions league in Europe. I mean, if you look around at the mess you have made of the world in virtually all fields, you must give yourselves a pat on...
FIFA Presidency – an inquest is required!
This will be my last piece on my FIFA election odyssey, an experience so brief but yet so rich and beautiful. I deliberately choose to look on the brighter side of that adventure, the side that celebrates the “audacity of...
An African’s FIFA presidency dream – an update!
The countdown to the February 26, 2016 election has begun. There are only five working days left between Nigeria and the realization of the country’s ambition to present a candidate for the vacant seat of the presidency of FIFA. In...
The man the new FIFA needs! – (My Credentials – Part 2)
My aspiration is to offer the world the vast array of the knowledge and experiences I have garnered as a football player, grassroots football developer, journalist, publisher, promoter, businessman, researcher, marketer, manager, administrator and educationist. Below is my humble story,...
FIFA Presidency – My credentials (Part 1)
Everyone interested in the politics of football around the world now knows that I am interested in becoming the next president of FIFA, the world’s football governing body. Most people wonder where I got the temerity from to declare interest...
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