Sports

Volcanic Shocks On The World Cup Turf  

The 2026 World Cup tournament being staged in the United States, Canada and Mexico has produced more shocks than the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)...

Rangers International In 9th Heaven Of Enduring Legacy  

Rangers International Football Club of Enugu has just lifted the 2025/26 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) trophy.  This marks a record-equaling 9th time of winning...

Godwin Odiye: Fallacy Becoming A Myth

As the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) awaits the verdict of FIFA on the petition against the Democratic Republic of Congo, it means that AFCON’s...

World Cup Competition, Intelligence, State Re-Organisation

Our Sports Minister did not, and has not acquainted himself with the Statute governing FIFA’s intolerance of State-member’s political interference in World Cup competitions since 1950...

This Small-Minded Notion… Amuse Yourselves, Please

I have heard people in Nigeria say that the reason SA is doing better economically and in terms of infrastructure than most other African countries is the presence of the white population in the country...

Welcome to South Africa

I am in South Africa to see the first ever World Cup on African soil. I hope the tournament will be a great success and will confound the prophets of doom predicting violence, murder and crime...

Global Education: Africa and the World Cup

In order to uplift the spirit and strengthen the minds of the poor children in Africa and around the world, a concerted effort is needed urgently. There is a movement around the world that sports can indeed go hand in hand with education...

Football as a Microcosm of Nigeria's National Problem

From all possible indications, it looks like Nigeria has crashed out of this year's world cup after losing two out of a possible three of the group matches. It seems the stage is set for the topping of the progressive degeneration of Nigerian football...

World Cup Musings

The power of sports as a unification factor cannot be over emphasized. In Nigeria, a sports loving and soccer crazy country, the expectation is high and the soccer aficionados have left no one in doubt that they are geared to feast on the games...

South Africa's World Cup: Africa’s moment in the sun

The long awaited soccer world cup tournament is about to kick-off in South Africa and the festivity is gaining momentum as the countdown continues. Simply put, Africa and the world community of soccer lovers cannot contain themselves...

Calling FIFA: 90 Minutes of Defensive Football

We cannot continue to sacrifice a lot of things just to watch 90 minutes of defensive game. As you cannot win illegally and expect fans to be satisfied, you cannot win with defensive strategy...

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Wanted: Native Speakers of Ibo, Hausa and Yoruba

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Are there double standards with US Policies with Nigeria

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Ten listed Nigerian banks made a grand appearance at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Friday June 8th 2007, preaching the gospel of Nigeria’s rising investment potentials and opportunities...

Congratulations to Yar’Adua and Jonathan for Winning the 2007 Election

The 2007 elections were concluded last week. The exercise was deemed free and fair by both the EFCC and the International Monitoring Group, as well as by all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora...

So, Nigerians Are Deeply Uninformed?

What has so far surprised me is not that Nigerians did not know most of what has happened and is happening as released by Wikkileaks. Shocking is the level of shock being expressed in newspapers across the country...

The Preferred Evil (Part 3)

Perhaps the people of Oyo State are now realizing that the integrity of the law has been eroded by political expedience and that not all of their judges could be trusted with the sacred role of dispensing justice...

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‘New World Order’: Same Old Architects?

In the face of the magnitude of the challenges which confront us and pose a common and indiscriminate threat to the wellbeing of mankind as a species, it stands to reason that we pool resources together to ensure our collective survival...