“ Que Sera, Sera, translated to mean, “What Will Be Will Be”. It is the title of a song made popular by Doris Day. It has come handy when the story of Victor Okoh Boniface, the Nigerian footballer that has set the Bundesliga on fire currently is being told. Not much is known about Victor […]

These days Nigerians have their
hearts in their mouths whenever the
Super Eagles are playing, no matter
how weak the opponent may seem

The Confederation of African Football, CAF’s club flagship competition, the Champions League was founded in 1964 but it took 39 years before a Nigerian league champion, Enyimba of Aba could etch their name on the trophy. And when Enyimba did the unexpected in 2003, they won it against a north African side, Ismaily of Egypt. […]

With the howler of Uzoho against Saudi Arabia on Friday some Nigerians are asking questions about the goalkeeping department.

By Patrick Omorodion Women’s football in Nigeria from the days of late Simbiat Abiola, Gina Yeseibo, Princess Bola Jegede and Alhaja Ayo Omidiran in the 1990s was seen purely as a recreational activity mostly done to take the girl-child out of the streets. Those were the days when they floated female football clubs like Simbiat […]

In the final against Aryna Sabalenka, as predicted by tennis buffs, the Belarusian wrapped up the first set, winning 6-2. As if that was the tonic the American teenager needed, she returned strong with a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the following two sets, to everyone’s surprise and delight. She then thanked those who never believed in her for “adding gas” to her fire.

When former President Buhari appointed Dare, rather than settle down to study the situation on ground, the civil servants packaged a foreign trip for him to Morocco to “support” Team Nigeria at the All Africa Games. Once he fell for that bait, I knew he was not going to be able to control the excesses of the ministry’s sacred cows.

By Patrick Omorodion The Bible tells us in Colossians chapter 3 and verse 23 that “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart”. It was talking about diligence which the dictionary describes as “constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything”. This is exactly what one man, Jenkins Alumona […]

By Patrick Omorodion I was not a literature student in my school days and so never seriously read any of Professor Chinua Achebe’s novels. However, his award winning novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ made a lot of sense to me. Another book of his which is relevant in my piece for today is ‘No Longer At […]

When you have a brainwave, that is suddenly an idea floods your mind and you have faith that you can achieve it and work hard at it, you will surely achieve the dream resulting from that brainwave. I believe that is exactly what happened to Kunle Soname, the proprietor of the youngest football club in […]