Sports

When the Nigeria-Biafra war ended in January 1970, there was gloom in Igboland. Even as the then Head of State General Yakubu Gowon made the famous announcement of “No Victor, …

“There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name” Luke 2:61b  Certain countries do have their naming laws that limits the nomenclature that parents can validly attach …

DIEGO MARADONA: October 30, 1960 –November 25, 2020 The ambiguities of words used in this tribute to Diego Armando Maradona are targeted at the Linguists and Muses of literature who …

There are not too many endeavours that exert stronger expressive behaviours in human beings than sports. Indeed, emotions are part of sports and are as important to the athletes as …

It is a trademark of the boots of Nigerian footballers to make history. The world cannot grow tired of the exploits of the Super Eagles in the World Cup at …

It was the race of a lifetime. The title of Africa’s fastest girl was at stake. The lush tartan track in Dakar, Senegal was bearing witness to history in the …

Nothing can be sweeter than playing the beautiful game called football. It sweetens my soul this moment to remember that I once played in the same team with legendary Segun …

Football is the greatest instrument that unites Nigeria. Whenever the national team, the Super Eagles, is on song all Nigerians become united in an astonishing togetherness. There was the Nigeria-Biafra …

The 2018 National Sports Policy (NSP) draft clearly articulates the vision and direction of the Federal Government (FG) on sports development particularly on grassroots sports. National Council on Sports (NCS), …

Towards the dawn of the millennium while the component units of the universe were taking quantum leaps into space and investing massively in research for the development of Artificial Intelligence, …

“A vision that I never thought would become reality is now unfolding before my very eyes”, that is how that Nigerian  football icon and legend, former Green Eagles captain and …

Clairvoyance is not my forte, but I can still postulate with a degree of certainty that Daniel ‘Baba Ibeji’ Amokachi would have rated his chances of winning the then Sekou …

A superhero is that individual who somehow possesses super human or supernatural powers. We live in a generation that is obsessed with heroes maybe because there are very few of …

Nigeria’s loss to Argentina at the 2018 world cup in Russia made me weak. I do not know why, given our world cup history, I should have expected anything but …

Nigerians are in a celebratory mood after our boys came back with a vengeance on June 22, 2018 to defeat Iceland in the group stage of the FIFA 2018 World …

Yesterday, Nigeria played Croatia. It was Nigeria’s first game, in the ongoing 2018 FIFA world cup taking place in Russia. The Russian organization that I can see so far is …