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My parents did not teach me to be arrogant, neither did my teachers. Arrogance is something you could pick up along the road of life, and sometimes too when you …

Events over the years have left the beautiful game of football in a sorry state, especially in Nigeria. The crises can best be viewed by the state of affairs within …

The Nigerian nightmare in Germany hurts but it cannot be said to hurt more than the daily looting nightmares we are being subjected to by our politicians from the local …

Imagine my horror in Durban on my way back when I drove to the Durban international airport only to be told by the security officer at the gate that “there …

Nigeria has not won an international senior trophy for 16 years. That should tell you that Nigeria is not a very good football team despite what its people think…

I do agree that football certainly has a unifying character.  However, this lasts only 90 minutes and football has not emulsified us. We have spent billions of naira on football …

The man who became the Nigerian coach was a successful failure. Quite unlike Shuaibu Amodu, Lars Lagerback could not qualify his country, Sweden, for the World Cup. He and his …

Nigerian fans can be annoying and inconsiderate brats at times. I had two guys carrying large Nigerian flags in the rows in front of, and behind me. The guy in …

To what extent are Nigerians using the digital thinking, e-imagination mind?  Where is our team on the digital scale? Do we have the e-Eagles? Are we thinking of the e-Eagles?

Stop whining about vuvuzelas everyone. In the stadium the noise is not so bad. It is only when little kids blow them in your ear at shops, restaurants and airports …

Today, Tyson is a full grown-up man at 44. Having retired from the boxing ring activities, his exploits in pugilism cannot be forgotten in a hurry as he had ruled …

Now that President Goodluck Jonathan has rescinded his decision to disband all national teams from participating in international competitions following the country’s dwindling performance at the just concluded 2010 FIFA …

For many, South Africa has indeed put up a show with memories to keep for a lifetime. So while we obviously will remember the vuvuzela, Paul the psychic octopus, the …

Nigeria huffed and puffed but could not blow down the Argentine house. Osaze came on for a few good cameos, but for some reason ran the ball out of play …

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is bizzare in some senses. The big footballing nations like Brazil, France, England, Italy had fallen by the wayside early enough signalling dwindling …

Goodluck Jonathan stopped the presses around the world last week when he slapped a two-year ban on Nigeria’s participation in international football contests. It didn’t matter where one stood on …