On the night of Wednesday, May 17, 2017, I followed the news on CNN. It was about USA, Mexico and Canada, in short the entire North American continent, bidding to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 when the new...
Category: Sports Development
Sports Developement
Solomon Dalung versus Federation Presidents!
Elections into the board of national sports federations are just around the corner. They have generated a lot of controversy within the sports family these past few weeks. Different groups are contesting for the power to control the different national...
The ‘killing’ of Liberty Stadium, once one of the best stadia in the world!
I anchor a new sports programme on Africa’s largest television network, the NTA, with a conservative domestic viewership of some 60 million Nigerians in all corners of the country. The live programme, The Sports Parliament, has been running for 10...
Messi, Ronaldo, and the greatest player in history debate!
FC Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegan thinks so – that Lionel Messi is the greatest player in the history of the game! He joins millions of people around the world, including yours truly, who also think so and are celebrating...
Sports revolution fire in Edo State – advancing the legacy of Ogbemudia!
Something exciting is cooking in Edo State. I need to tell it and predict its probable outcome. At last I believe that there is a new ‘prophet’ in the land, somebody in authority, someone that has the political will...
CAF Elections – The fall of Hayatou and the rise of Ahmad!
He should have seen the handwriting on the wall. He should known it was a matter of time before fate would catch up with him. The signs have been all around him for several years now but the intoxicating effect...
Television and Sports – like tea and sugar!
Last Thursday night was very historic in the annals of sports development in Nigeria. A television programme set out on an ambitious adventure to do what has never been done before - use a media platform to drive an agenda...
The Indomitable Lions are back.
Watch out Africa, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are back. The team is back, big time, and better. Their victory last Sunday was no fluke. It was well fought for and well earned. They may not have played...
Afcon 2017, Nigeria and World Cup 2018!
Permit me to digress a little! Two things have come to the fore since watching the semi-final match that produced Cameroon. The first is that we can start to glimpse a new course in the Group of Death for the...
Egypt and Cameroon ignite AFCON 2017!
I am writing this on Thursday night, a few minutes after watching The Indomitable Lions shoot down the Black Stars from their mountaintop of illusion. The Ghanaian players will wake up in the morning feeling they have had a nightmare....
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