Author: Adebanjo Ogunseye
Guaranteeing Nigeria’s excellence in Sports in the near future would largely depend on strategic provision of the necessary sports infrastructure and the nurturing talents all at grassroot levels, and the first steps to achieving that goal will mean revamping the School Sports system.
Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh has argued the Nigeria Football Leagues will need to drastically improve in credibility and quality for a case to be made for Players’ inclusion in the main Super Eagles.
Year after year the calls get louder for the thriving Nigerian sports industry to step up, do more than borrowing scripts of the rhethorics of what a big bright future would portend, and rather walk the talk.
Victor Boniface is the rave in the Super Eagles, and although the spotlight remains steady on another Victor ( Osimhen), together, the duo could go on to become one of the best strike Partnership ever seen in the Super Eagles.
Nigerian CB, Ashleigh Plumptre has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad Women.
Lahlou Benbraham is a name that wouldn’t sound familiar to many Nigerians even among football fans, after all the Match Referee isn’t one of Africa’s elite in the business of Officiating.
Dr Larry Izamoje, Chairman Brila Media Group was one of an elite class of 15 inducted Fellows of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations( NIPR) at the institute’s Annual General meeting ( AGM) held at the NAF conference hall, Abuja yesterday August 23, 2003.
Arsenal dominated the Premier League this season and though they lost the title to Manchester City in the final weeks of the competition, they were a menace for opponents.
Jordan Torunarigha is a familiar name among Nigerian football fans, apparently.
The mental health of Nigerian players, particularly, in the local leagues is a conversation that has managed to evade the front burners of improving welfare and developing the Sport.