West Africa should wake up to the reality of what is going as the world prepares to host the biggest sports event in history in 2030, the Centennial World Cup. In that year, divinely scripted for West Africa, it will...
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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,...
Football, Sports Development
The Return of ‘Bede’ Insurance!
Ordinarily, this should not be headline news, that a football club has returned to the Premiership of Nigerian football. Except of course, if there is more to the club or the circumstances of the club’s return than meets the eye....
Featured, Politics, Sports Development
Open letter to the Sports Constituency!
My dear Friends in Sports, Some months ago, I took a major step that you all are likely to be aware of. I joined the train of Nigerian politics. I understand the reaction of most of you in keeping a...
Featured, Sports Development
The National Sports Festival – Nigeria’s mini-Olympic Games!
A few days ago, the National Sports Festival began in Abuja. It happened without a whimper.On the opening day, the stadium was empty of spectators, the programs did not run smoothly, the lights in the stadium went out during the...
Featured, Football, Sports Development
An evening with Amaju Pinnick!
Last Thursday night, Amaju Pinnick was initially a reluctant guest on The Sports Parliament, a weekly television show that I anchor on NTA alongside sports gurus drawn from a pool of 18 members that constitute the parliament. By the time the...
Featured, Lecture paper, Politics, Sports Development
Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia – My Father, My Mentor, My Hero!
In my life, once again, I discovered that everything is connected. That life is like a jigsaw puzzle. I was in Abuja early this week. I was invited to the 2ndMemorial lecture for late Dr Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudiaheld at the University of...
Analysis, Football, Sports Development
FIFA, Football and Civil Courts!
Am I the only one thinking this way?There is something not quite clear about the issue of whether some football matters can be taken to a civil court or not.Nigeria has been threatened several times with a ban because certain...
Featured, General, Sports Development
Reminiscences – Alan Hawkes and Lee Evans.
Permit me to tell you about two foreigners that played very significant roles in my career in football.I do not expect that many younger people will know, or even remember them.The first is my first contact with a foreign coach.Playing...
Featured, Football, Sports Development
The crisis in Nigerian football can be resolved in 48 hours!
Do you know that we have a national emergency situation in Nigerian football?Do you know that the situation is so precarious that the security of the entire country could be jeopardized?Can’t people see what I see from my little observatory...
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