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Monday Odiaka: 34 years after, my Guinness record goal still special The Nation December 29, 2019 Monday Odiaka of ACB Football Club and Nigeria’s prolific striker cannot remember the numbers of goals he has scored. He rose to fame at the 1985 World Youth Championship in Soviet Union, now Russia, wh...

The updated version piece, i presume, is now in this new book - https://www.routledge.com/Global-Africa ... 1032667126

Flaming Flamingo: The Life and Times of Israel Adebayo by Adekeye Adebajo Israel Adebayo Ogunyeade Adebajo was born on 21 January 1920 in the south-western town of Imobi in the fishing district of Epe in Lagos State, which had been the capital of the Ijebu Kingdom in the 18th century. He was born un...

hestonap wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:54 pm On a side note Chief Mumuni Alao, I never knew you are Toxicarrow. WOW. Can I just thank you for the excellent journalistic work. It was truly a sporting soundtrack of my late teenage plus years.

I am flattered o. ...However, I am not Mumuni Alao

Tribute By Dr. Mumini Alao I am writing this tribute reluctantly. In my Yoruba culture and, I guess, in most other cultures, the hope and prayer is that the young will mourn and bury the old, not the other way round. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always happen that way. Sometimes, the old have to bury a...

Ace Nigerian sports journalist, Kayode Tijani dies in Lagos Anthony Nlebem February 8, 2024 The Nigerian sports fraternity was thrown into pandemonium following the news of the death of prominent Sports journalist Kayode Tijani. Tijani reportedly died at 55 years old on Wednesday night February 7, 2...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5590971/Tunji-Banjo-FA-Cup-semi-finalist-works-trains.html#ixzz5C6ggplMy/ Tunji Banjo was an FA Cup semi-finalist for Leyton Orient in 1978 on £100-a-week... exactly 40 years later, he works on the trains for his living Tunji Banjo was 18 and earni...

Stumbled on this old thread as I was thinking of Green Eagles of the 1980s, and digging for information some of the iconic players that I used data on when I was "super young"

RIP Coach

E11: Please accept my condolences. May the Lord grant you the grace to bear the loss.

Looks like Enugu Rangers don narrowly escape relegation :woot: Not yet...they need to beat Rivers United next weekend to escape. If Rivers United beat Rangers in Enugu and Bayelsa United win at home (and Wikki Tourists win their remaining two matches), Rangers might join Kano Pillars in NNL next ye...

Looks like Enugu Rangers don narrowly escape relegation :woot: Not yet...they need to beat Rivers United next weekend to escape. If Rivers United beat Rangers in Enugu and Bayelsa United win at home (and Wikki Tourists win their remaining two matches), Rangers might join Kano Pillars in NNL next ye...

Looks like Enugu Rangers don narrowly escape relegation :woot: Not yet...they need to beat Rivers United next weekend to escape. If Rivers United beat Rangers in Enugu and Bayelsa United win at home (and Wikki Tourists win their remaining two matches), Rangers might join Kano Pillars in NNL next ye...

‘Jos and death of the Field Marshall’ – A small tribute By Segun Odegbami 18 March 2023 | 4:03 am At dawn of March 13, 2023, the ‘Field Marshall’ died. The sound of messages bombarding my phone woke me up that morning. The first came from my former classmate and childhood friend, retired Director-Ge...

Legendary Falcons coach Ismaila Mabo passes on Fisayo Dairo Last updated: 2023/03/13 at 7:52 AM A Legendary former head coach of Nigeria’s women’s senior national team, the Super Falcons; Ismaila Mabo has passed on according to reports from his family. Mabo, 78, passed on in the early hours of Monda...

According to this story, the urine was meant to neutralize the juju of Akwa United. Read below: SUSPENDED 3SC MAN CLASHED WITH AKWA COACH HOURS BEFORE MATCH - February 24, 2023 By Oluseyi Adedire Twitter/Instagram: @oyosportsnews FB: Oyo Sports Update The embattled Shooting Stars Camp Commandant, Aw...

Cito wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:43 pm The way some people crap and pee like goats in that country baffles me.

But for stadium? This takes the cake...

Lolly wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:33 pm I have seen an Oyinbo man park his car by the roadside in Lagos to take a pee. But this guy who happens to be an official doing it on a professional football club’s pitch is criminal.

Water don find its level. Enugu Rangers dey rock the bottom of the table.

Results for week 1:

Akwa Utd 0-2 Bendel Insurance
Nasarawa Utd 1-2 Enyimba
Rangers 0-2 Abia Warriors
Wikki 0-2 Tornadoes
Plateau Utd 3-3 Shooting
Remo Stars 2-0 El-Kanemi
Bayelsa Utd 1-1 Dakkada
Rivers Utd 2-1 Lobi Stars
Kwara Utd 0-0 Gombe Utd
Doma Utd 1-1 Sunshine.

Plateau Utd 3-3 Shooting Stars Former Champions Plateau fought back from 3-1 to hold 3SC in Jos. Very good start....Looks like the attacking line will be lethal this year. 3 goals on the road is commendable. That said, I hope the coaches fix lapses in the defence. We need to pick more points on the...