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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...

Rio 2016 – Why We Really Failed

Just a few days after the just concluded Rio Olympics, Mariam Usman, a Commonwealth medallist, said she has lost the urge to represent Nigeria...

Morolake Akinosun: A Nigerian Hero

Morolake Akinosun is a Nigerian-American. Her parents are surely among the Diaspora-Nigerians contributing immensely to the socioeconomic development of the United States. Morolake Akinosun is...

The 2016 Rio Olympics and the Perpetual Failure of a Nation

As we ecstatically inch towards the finale of the greatest sports fiesta in the world, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil, it...

Farewell to Legends!

Few weeks ago the world boxing community in particular were knocked into unconsciousness literally when the sad and ugly news made the rounds around...

2 Changes: 2 Coaches and 2 Days

Two eminent Nigerian coaches, Stephen Keshi and Shaibu Amodu, discovered and joined two different coaches on the train that journeyed to a different realm....

A Tribute To Muhammed Ali

"Life is not real. I conquered the world and it did not give me satisfaction. God gave me this illness to remind me that...

Leicester: Lessons In Greatness

Leicester City is one of the oldest cities located in the Midlands region of England. Less than half a million folks live there. Sir...

FIFA: Fixing the Fixers!

Like millions around the world I have a special interest in sports in general and football in particular. Apart from my primary hobby of...

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Demilitarizing Nigerian Democracy!

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"My writing is an attempt to bear an honest witness to my time, to the experience I have as a human being, as a Nigerian, as an African. The African experience – slavery, wars, colonialism, diseases, neo-colonialism..." - Akin Adesokan

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Last week was simply terrible for former Governor James Onanefe Ibori and his wife, Theresa Nkoyo Ibori. In a London court, an enterprising, no-nonsense Crown prosecutor put Mrs. Ibori through a grueling cross-examination. Theresa Ibori is being tried in London for aiding and abetting her husband’s money laundering during the eight years he presided over the affairs of Delta State...

A Democratic Revolution in West Africa: What Ghana’s Elections Mean for Nigeria

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The Palestinians

If the Americans won't bring about a Palestinian nation-state what about the Arab League? The Arab League has enough political leverage to force America and the West to do what is right...

A nation at war with itself – the dawn of the second Nigerian Civil War

To say the least, the submissive and tepid reaction of the Nigerian President to the latest round of violence unleashed on the citizenry by Boko Haram was irksome and left a sour taste in the mouth...

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130 million people in Nigeria live substandard, disgustingly poor lives and if any of them can better their lives, they will leave even for hell. Being poor in Nigeria is a hellish nightmare...