THE  XXI Commonwealth Games ended  in Gold Coast, Australia exactly three weeks ago and Team Nigeria finished in 9th position with 9 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze, a total of 24 medals. Compared with their outing four years ago in Glasgow, Scotland, it was a drop by one step from 8th to 9th.

It is with heavy heart that I summed up courage to put this down. I didn’t know how to start writing about a man, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, who did so much for Midwest region, which later became a state, as a military governor and then Bendel state, before it was split into Edo and Delta, as civilian governor, in past tense.

In the history of an election for the position of President of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, none has generated interest and or furore like the 2017 edition scheduled for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 16.

THE curtains for the 2017 Africa Nations Cup would be drawn in Gabon today with surprise finalist, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon squaring up against another team not given any chance by pundits when the competition began, the Pharaohs of Egypt.

IN three or four months time, it will be four years since the present Boards of the sports federations got a four year mandate to direct the affairs of the various sports. And the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF is one of the federations.