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W here do you stand on the disengagement of Stephen Keshi  as Super Eagles coach by the Nigeria Football Federation? Keshi is my friend and I was one of those who championed his recruitment when […]

Stephen Keshi did not need Paul the Octopus to tell him that it will come to this. Like a bad marriage, his coaching contract with the Nigerian Football Federation collapsed two years ago. Both parties […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed it will investigate reports that Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, applied to manage Cote d’ Ivoire. On Friday, the Ivorien Football Federation (FIF) announced it had received 59 applications […]

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has insisted his interest in buying Arsenal is not ‘overnight stuff’ and revealed he has been a fan of the club for more than 30 years thanks to former vice-chairman David […]

Nigerian business magnet, Aliko Dangote, has said that he will soon acquire London based Premiership club, Arsenal FC. He made this known in an interview with BBC Hausa service on Tuesday. He said he will […]

  Last Saturday was the kind of day you’d want to stay at home. Apart from the fact that it was wet, cool and therefore cosy, there were two major sporting events lined up for […]

At the start of 2015 I wrote two articles on Sepp Blatter and FIFA. One of the mediums (not Weekly Trust) that I write in refused to publish both articles because, as minor sponsors of […]

The media was awash on Tuesday 2nd of June 2015 of the President of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), Sepp Blatter’s, intension to step down from his exalted office just four days after […]

Following the resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter many are calling for the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, to follow with his own resignation. Since Blatter’s resignation, Hayatou has become […]

Sepp Blatter is to resign as president of the world football governing body, FIFA. Mr. Blatter is stepping down four days after winning a record five-year term. Mr Blatter became FIFA president in 1998. He […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has inadvertently assumed controversy as its middle name. For over a decade, the federation has been enmeshed in one controversy or the other. If it is not election crisis, it […]

The controversy surrounding Stephen Keshi’s exit and re-engagement as chief coach of the senior national soccer team will linger until 2017. This is because shortly after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil last June, the […]

Tottenham and former Arsenal Striker, Emmanuel Oluseyi Adebayor has taken to Facebook to clarify all the rumours circulating about him and his relationship with his siblings and mother. The 31-year-old striker said he decided to […]

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times […]

Former international, Jonathan Akpoborie, has predicted that Super Eagles coach, Steven Keshi, will fail, faulting the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for handing the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON)-winning coach a fresh two-year mandate. In […]

Stephen Keshi will be sacked if he fails to reach the semifinals of the 2016 CAF championship for African players based at home (CHAN), according to reports. The 53-year-old former Nigeria captain signed a new […]

Since Nigeria’s Super Eagles failed to secure a ticket to play at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations  in Equatorial Guinea after the team were held to a 2-2 draw by South Africa’s Bafana Bafana […]

LAST weekend, I met Daniel Amokachie, ex-International soccer star and assistant coach of our national team. Naturally, we spoke about the current state of our football and he gave me interesting insights into problems dogging […]