The times and signs are ominous on the political and economic scene in Nigeria. At the same time, there is a rainbow in the sky - bright and colourful, but brief. Aspects of the entertainment industry, surprisingly, are thriving and...
Category: Sports Development
Sports Developement
Nigeria’s chances on the eve of the strangest Olympics!
The world of sport has been agog with action this past week. As much attention is being paid to the Games as to the resurgent Corona virus. From the ongoing Wimbledon Tennis championship, to football across 11 European cities for...
War in the AFN… an unending sports drama!
No one could have written a better script for a sports movie than what is currently going on in real-life in The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN. As you read this, kindly clear your mind of any distractions in order...
Probably the tallest basketball player in the world – the Story of Abiodun Adegoke!
I checked Wikipedia before writing this article. I wanted to know the tallest player in NBA history. It is Romanian Gheorghe Muresan, who was drafted by Washington Bullets in 1993. He was 7ft 7 inches (2.31m) tall. He was a...
The Dream Academy – the future of grassroots sports development.
It is most unlikely that many would be familiar with the name of a town called Ileogbo. I never heard about it until a few months ago, when I was appointed as a consultant to work on a project sited...
Why Minister of Sport must investigate anti-doping activities of December 2018 – the Nkechi Akashili saga.
Following my article last week a social media platform of very prominent stakeholders, cutting across all sectors of sports, took up the subject matter. One of the principals in the body that I erroneously referred to as WADA Nigeria, which...
How some officials ruin the lives of athletes!
This is the story of Nkechi Akashili. I am writing this at the cost of hurting certain 'friends' and offending certain sensibilities. Unfortunately, to be silent is to be complicit, to hang a moral Albatross around my own neck because....
Ghana-Nigeria Sports Festival – reviving the big dream!
If you are not a dreamer like me, feel free to stop reading this now. This is one of those days that I play games with my mind, let my imagination run wild and dream ‘crazy’ ideas. I am dreaming...
Nigerian sports in 2030 – Jamaica shows the way!
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...
Resetting the button of sports development in Nigeria.
I am still in Independence Day mood. It is the first week into the start of the next chapter in the story of a country called Nigeria. Let us project and call it ‘Nigeria in 2080’, a peep into the future....
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