Roll call without Nigeria, by Patrick Omorodion
As a young Mass Server (or altar boy as they are called these days) at St. Christopher’s Catholic School on Ikot-Ekpene Street, near the famous Mile 1 market in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, one song I loved so much in my Hymn Book back then was ‘When the roll is called up yonder’. […]
Amuneke, a destiny child
Before 1991, not many people knew about the young lad from Eziobodo community in Imo State, Emmanuel Amuneke. Even as a player with Julius Berger Football Club of Lagos, Amuneke’s name never rang a bell and seldom played on the lips of Nigerians.
Hello President Buhari, do it again
An example here is what happened to Nigeria’s U-16 squad of 1985 led by Nduka Ugbade which made history by winning the maiden edition of the FIFA/Kodak U-16 Tournament that year. After that historic victory of 1985, then Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari hosted the team where he promised to reward them. But before he could keep his promise, he was overthrown in a military coup.
Iheanacho’s troubled career
After the 2015 pre-season tour of Australia where he impressed, Iheanacho was drafted to the senior team.in July. One month after, on August 10, he made his debut as a first team player. From then on, he found favour with the club’s coach, Manuel Pellegrini and he didn’t disappoint the Italian.
Garrulous Rohr
From pre-Independence era till date, the national men’s football team has been known by several names. The first name they were known by was the UK Tourists who played on bare foot as we were told.
When IAAF challenges God
Despite the IAAF claims then, she was embraced in her home country – where she was declared “our girl”. She also reacted thus: “God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I’m proud of myself,” she had told a magazine.
