The Bible tells us in James 2:26 that “faith without work is dead”. This in clear terms means that if you believe in something without working towards it, you may never achieve it. Last week I wrote about the desires of Victor Osimhen and the demands of Super Eagles new coach, Eric Sekou Chelle as […]

From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks, the Bible tells us. It is what you think and desire that you speak. For you to realize the desire or dream therefore, you must put your brain, mouth, eyes and leg to action. Most importantly for those who believe in God, every desire of the […]

People always ask this question, what’s in a name? I believe that there is everything in a name. The Bible tells us that the power of life and death is in the tongue. So the name a child is given at birth most times manifests in his life. We are told of a man named […]

Them never love, never love, never love poor Marcus Them never love him, oh noThem never love, never love, never love poor Marcus ‘Til they betray him. This is the chorus of the song ‘Them Never Love Poor Marcus’ by a Jamaican reggae group, the Mighty Diamonds which was a hit in the 70s. In […]

As far back as in 1575, ‘Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth’ was already considered a proverb by George Gascoigne. The understanding of this proverb is that if too many people are involved in a task or activity, it will not be done well. That is the route the new Super Eagles coach, Eric Sekou […]

Those who said life begins at 40 could have said so because of this legend, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, gifted to the world by Portugal. He turned 40 on Wednesday to join the exclusive club of players who, at that age, are/were still scoring goals. On Monday, two days before the milestone age, CR7, […]

The Bible tells us that “people perish for lack of knowledge”. And the government of Nigeria at a time worsened the situation by removing history as a subject in our schools curriculum. Tell me, what did they aim to achieve with that decision. Thank God the subject has been reintroduced in our schools curriculum. Our […]

Obasanjo, Carter and Abacha Sports serves as a diplomatic tool to promote cooperation, understanding, and peace between nations. It can also be used to enhance a country’s image and foster better relationships amongst the peoples of the world. However, countries and their leaders oftentimes use it to fight injustices. And most often athletes and administrators […]

The story of the 10 Virgins is a parable told by Jesus in the Bible, according to Matthew 25:1–13. In the story, we are told 10 virgins were waiting for a bridegroom. While five had enough oil for their lamps, the other five hadn’t. When the bridegroom eventually showed up, only five virgins who had […]

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 […]

I want to glorify the name of God for making me see 2025. Not all those that started 2024 with us are alive to see this first Sunday of 2025. That you are alive reading this, is enough to be thankful to Him. I thank God for the wisdom to always think out a topic […]

Tahar Djaout was an Algerian journalist, poet and fiction writer who lived for just 39 years but his words will live forever. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group in his country for ostensibly always speaking the truth. He once said, “silence is death. If you speak, you die. If you are […]

American pop singer-songwriter, Josh Rouse sang, ‘Too many things on my mind’. A line in the lyrics asked rhetorically, ‘Can we recover, what’s been lost?’. If what’s been lost is time, it may never be recovered. My thought  actually is to do a review of sports events in 2024 which I term the bitter-sweet year […]

It was the famous fabulist of the XVIIth century, Jean de La Fontaine who wrote about taking chestnuts out of a fire. Meaning to save one or thing from impending failure, destruction or failure. That is what exactly the Super Eagles are faced with in their quest to qualify for their seventh World Cup since […]

The Latin expression, ‘Requiem aeternum dona eis, translated in Eng- lish means, “Eternal rest grant to them.” That is the song I have this second Sunday of December, exactly 17 days to Christmas for my dear Edo State which once had a collosus, Brigadier-General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, now late, as a pillar of its prowess […]