CAF Inter-club competitions: Why Nigerian clubs fail
By Douglas Baye-Osagie [email protected] This season, Nigeria was represented by four clubs on the continent. Rangers International and Rivers United in the CAF Champions League, and Shooting Stars and El-Kanemi Warriors in the CAF Confederation Cup. The story is already familiar – while two have bowed out in their very first game of the tournament, […]
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Football bullies, by Patrick Omorodion
In Nigeria, we have three tiers of government. These are federal, state and local governments. At the federal level, the president is the driver, the same way the governors and chairmen are the drivers at the state and local governments respectively. At each level of government, there are different sectors created to cater for every […]
