What have you done for me lately? By Muyiwa Adetiba
He was my former Chairman’s con- tact and possibly friend. He later became my friend and even confidant. But it was a transition that almost didn’t happen. When Chief Olu Aboderin – the founding Chairman of Punch – asked me to interview ‘Senator’, he was described as one of the richest Nigerians of his time. […]
With whom will you walk this year? By Funmi Komolafe
Beloved, we are still in the mood of giving thanks to God with an expectation that the New Year would be better. This is one of the reasons, we greet, each other Happy New Year when we meet. May God make the year a Happy one in Jesus name. Beloved, to have a happy New Year, […]
Outrage in the land, by Patrick Omorodion
In my little village of Ekpon in Edo State, the elders used to talk about the tortoise always being in the news. That it is always involved in one scandal or the other. A Nigerian writer, Anezi Okoro wrote a novel, One Week One Trouble in 1972. The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF may have been […]
SEGUN ODEGBAMI: Eagles new coach – wickedness or genius?
It was clear that the NFF was not inclined to anyone but the best White-skinned coach from Europe as good enough for the Super Eagles. Hence, the long search and long wait.
Between Kalejaiye and Gowon, by Emeka Obasi
Many of us saw the good times when the Head of State moved freely in an open Rolls Royce or Jaguar and put smiles on the faces of children as they exchanged waves. Dr. Johnson Tomisin (JT) Kalejaiye relishes his first eye contact with General Yakubu Gowon. On this particular day in 1972, Gowon was moving around […]
A Foreigner as NFF President Please! By Emmanuel Aziken
Perhaps nothing better reflects the despair of Nigerians than the decision of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF to hire the former Mali international Eric Chelle as coach for the Super Eagles. In a country that has progressed in error across many sectors and languished on account of the many divisions in the polity, it is still […]
