The English Premier League is the one and only colonial power ruling all over Nigeria today. The beautiful game of football being played in England has put Nigeria’s murky politics …
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Superstitious Nigerians believe ever so vociferously that the crashing out of the Super Eagles from the AFCON tournament in Cameroun was all due to the video call made to the …
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As I type, the 33rd edition of the Confederation of Football (CAF) sanctioned Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) goes on in Cameroon. There the various national teams of the continent …
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Football is earthquake larger than the Richter scale. I should know because I played the game. In certain locales more people know me as an expired football player than even …
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Mr. Lee Edward Evans is dying. Yet, he must not die without being given every chance to live. Particularly because he is an American, the greatest country in the world, …
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Not many Nigerians know that the country won a world cup in football back in 1977. Most Nigerians would regale you with stories of 1985 when Nigeria won the maiden …
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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, …
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“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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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), …
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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, …