Who is the greatest right-full back in the history of Nigerian football?About a year ago, I asked football fans the question above, and conducted a small poll to get an answer. The response from Chief Dele Adetiba, a veteran journalist,...
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Good tidings from FIFA for Nigerian football!
Last Thursday, purely out of curiosity and the unusual invitation I received from Augustine Eguavoen, former captain as well as former Manager of the Super Eagles, for whom I have a lot of respect, I attended a Nigeria Football Federation...
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To sack Jose Paseiro, or not!
A friend, a foremost sports journalist, called me up last week from Abuja to inform me that he was racing to the office of the Minister of Sports to inform him of his decision to lead a national campaign to...
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Between the posts – Nigeria’s weakest link! Between Best Ogedegbe, Francis Uzoho and Amas Obasogie!
Two days ago, the Super Eagles of Nigeria played against the Crocodiles of Lesotho. Ordinarily that should not take centre-stage in any sports conversation this weekend, beyond reporting the anticipated ‘massacre’ of the minnows from the Southern part of Africa....
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Lee Evans again – the dream will not die!
I am writing this on Thursday night.I have just read Osifo Onome-Whiskey’s message to me, a reaction to my article last week. Onome, the maverick journalist, one of the founders of Tell Magazine, the masters of investigative journalism in Nigeria...
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Lee Edward Evans – to be remembered, celebrated and immortalized in Abeokuta!
A few days into the month of November, my mind is set on my late friend, African/American legendary athlete and international coach, Lee Edward Evans. I have told his incredible story many times before. I cannot tire of doing so...
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The Sports Diplomat!
This weekend, the All Blacks of New Zealand and the Springsboks of South Africa will meet to settle their scores at the final match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Paris, France. The match is significant in too many...
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Sport, as medicine – the first and last prescriptions!
What many people do not know about me is my relationship with the health sector. Almost 20 years ago, I was invited to consult for the Nigerian Heart Foundation, NHF, on Sports (Golf specifically). That relationship eventually took me to...
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Player-Power and the Power of Football!
I have the writer’s block. I am mentally browsing and thinking. I have Nigeria, Spain, and Cristiano Ronaldo on my mind. Nigerian football is not thriving as well as it should because of the bedeviling internal crisis that endlessly rocks...
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Shefiu Mohammed, Allen Onyema, and the God of ‘small things’
It is Thursday morning. I feel like story-telling. ‘Big things’ are happening around the world of sports. The success of the Super Eagles of Nigeria last Sunday has revived some confidence in the national football team that has been long-struggling...
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