Let me join all Nigerians to congratulate Mr. Melvin Amaju Pinnick, the current President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, for his amazing victory at last week's elections for a seat on the exalted Executive Committee of FIFA. To many...
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79 Happy cheers for the encyclopedia of Nigerian Sports.
1989. It was an encounter of the rarest kind. You just do not get to meet with 3 of the greatest sportscasters in Nigerian history in one place, for an entire week, talking food, family and football. It rarely happens...
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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...
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Steve Mawuenyega’s last dream – Ghana or Nigeria to win the World Cup in 2030!
Very few persons in Nigeria know the name Steve Mawuenyega. But not so in Ghana where he came from. I am referring to him in the past tense because by the time you are reading this on Saturday, my very...
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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...
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A season of death
In the past one month, 4 former international football players, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association and a fine sports journalist have all passed on. It has been a very painful period for those of us in the...
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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...
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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....
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Night of a galaxy of Stars – celebrating the ‘Chairman’
Two nights ago, I hosted my regular television program, The Sports Parliament, on Africa’s largest television network, Nigeria Television Authority, NTA. It featured a number of megastar African football players from different parts of the continent. Many persons have wondered how...
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An Eagle in Nollywood – Day 5
The Eagle finally lands on Planet Nollywood! 5 days to Christmas. It is the eve of my first major shot at cinema stardom. The scene of my special appearance in ‘Ayinla’ is to be filmed in 24 hours time. I...
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