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...

Queen Serena Williams: French Racists Guillotine French Culture and Civilization

Serena Williams is the Queen of Tennis. She is greater than Joan of Arc. The conqueror of female tennis and the envy of European...

The Elections of 2015: Where Are Sports In The Political Discourse?

In less than 14 days, the 2015 Presidential election would have been concluded and the incumbent is returned or a new president has emerged....

Jonathan, Keshi & The Little Things

President Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first time, June 2010, after...

Salute to our World Cup 2014 Footballers

There is a certain group of our Naija countrymen who automatically switch on to hibernation mode whenever our national football team plays. Most of them insist that they have very weak hearts that cannot withstand the rigour and tension that soaks anyone foolish enough to invest interest in a team as unpredictable as Nigeria’s senior football team...

Racism in Football: Sepp Blatter must quit. Blatter must go

If racism in sports, especially in football, is not halted, the World Cup in Brazil and the Olympic Games in Russia could face disruptions...

Last Flight to Johannesburg

Even people who rarely talk sports are showing support for the national team. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read Pastor E. A. Adeboye’s status update when Nigeria convincingly defeated Mali, booking a ticket to the finals; the first time since year 2000!

ITF Celebrates 100 Years Of Excellence: Rethinking Tennis Development Funding In Africa

Tennis Federations in Africa continue to face difficult challenges in this century. Some of the challenges include lacking the funds and human resources needed to promote and grow the game at the grassroots level, introduce tennis in schools, train coaches, and organize adequate junior tournaments locally and nationally...

Sports Development in Nigeria: The Charlton Ehizuelen Story

If we had paid attention as a nation, our performances in 1996 would have clearly given us a leverage on where our strength lies, in winning medals in the big championships such as the Olympic Games and the World championships...

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The Heck About Amaechi’s Public House Experience

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A Passage To Otta

Yo! Dude, what's up? I can't believe 8 years is up. Funny how time flew during your second coming. Boy, I tell you, it's been one hell of a ride on the train called Nigeria during this time, was it for you too? Wish that they would realise too that people come, people go and Aso Rock remains...

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It is no longer news that my piece “Take a Trip to the Three Warri LGAs” published in the Vanguard of Tuesday February 7, 2010 has attracted a balderdash full-page rejoinder from Emmanuel Uduaghan and his Consultant...

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Introduction: Historical Tensions and Modern Questions In light of ongoing...

Rejuvenating Nigeria’s Collapsed Educational System: The Roles Of Alumni And Old Students’ Associations

It has long been recognised that the survival of the Nigerian state as a viable, progressive and democratic society will depend on the state or health of her educational systems...

Jamb 2025—A Shocking Reflection of our Failing Education System

I remember walking into a small public school in...

Tony Enahoro, Chairman, Obasanjo's Engineered National Conference?

Obasanjo is much more for the status quo than Enahoro ever was, or could ever be, because he has been a veritable product of that status quo from the get go and can not, at this point in his life and career, do otherwise...

A Nigerian President from the Other Side of the War

It is 52 long years since the much-ballyhooed end...