Moshood Olarewaju Jaji: Good Football Was Local
I arrived in Ilorin two weeks ago, as the funeral of Alhaji Moshood Olanrewaju Jaji was being concluded. His death followed that
Coach Sunday Oliseh: Our ‘Guardiola’ abandons ship
WHEN the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) appointed ex-International, Sunday Oliseh, as National Coach of the Super Eagles, to replace Stephen Keshi, in
Orji Uzor Kalu and Segun Odegbami: The Nigerian FIFA presidency challenge
A FEW weeks ago, I received a call from ex-International football star, Segun Odegbami. We had not spoken for a while, but it
Delightful D’Tigers, African Basketball champions
ON Sunday night this week, in Tunis, Tunisia, Nigeria’s national basketball team, D’Tigers, defeated the Angolan national team, to become African champions
FIFA’s World Cup of corruption
In 2010, a British newspaper’s sting operation caught a FIFA official from Nigeria, Dr. Amos Adamu, red-handed seeking money from reporters who had
God bless our Blessing Okagbare
I WAS tension-soaked on Monday night as sprinters lined up for the final of the Women’s 100 meters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in
Super Eagles, Keshi and matters disturbing
It was no surprise to followers of Nigerian football, and the cutthroat politics underlining it, when Coach Steven Keshi announced his resignation,
These Olympic games speak to our national condition
WHEN Blessing Okagbare lined up for the ladies’ 100 meters final, inside the Olympic Stadium in East London, last weekend, she carried the
Did you watch the Nigerian Basketball team qualify for the Olympic Games?
IN far away Caracas, Venezuela, the Nigerian Basketball team qualified for the London Olympic Games. It was our first time and what a
The Williams Sisters: Serena and Venus
LAST Saturday, Serena Williams won the Women’s Singles trophy of the 2012 Wimbledon Tennis Championship in London. She equaled the fifth championship
Rashidi Yekini and our compassion deficiency
I was in total bewilderment last Friday evening when news broke of the tragic death of former national football star, Rashidi Yekini.