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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...

Boosting Brand Nigeria With The Golden Eaglets Win

Brand Nigeria received the biggest boost it could ever receive in its quest to put some shine on its already globally battered image  when the Under-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, beat Spain in the finals of the FIFA Under-17 World Championship in South Korea...

When The Flag Mattered

Africa’s Fastest man, Olusoji Fasuba, carried the pains of many disgruntled Nigerian athletes when he refused to celebrate with the country’s flag in Algiers, raising fears of another star defection...

Thiery: Migration Of A Play Maker

Arsenal FC fans like Ben Ejimandu believed that Thierry Henry has all the makings of a consummate and an international football marksman...

AFN, Fasuba And The Nigerian Flag

Patriotism is not all about accepting that you are a citizen of a particular country or hoisting your country’s flag for all to see. It is more about learning to believe in and identify with the ideals of your fatherland and its people...

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The Problem with African Men

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Still on Susan Wenger

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We Thank God

Life in Nigeria is so precarious and unstable that people are scared that saying things are fine may be tempting fate, in other words, an invitation to disaster.

EFCC Versus Tompolo: A Case Of Double Standards Or Selective Justice?

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Kalu, Anyim and Peace in Nigerian Football

Dr. Kalu it was who led Enyimba of Aba, as then Governor of Abia State, to break the 38 years old Champions League failure plague that had trailed Nigerian club sides..

When A Nation Cannot Protect Its Protectors

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PDP Needs To Tell Nigerians What It Knows About Boko Haram

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Amaechi: A Man without a Tribe, Religion, Ethnicity; a Proponent of One Nigeria

In a Country that is sharply divided along ethnic,...