BY KUNLE SOLAJA Forty-one years ago on this date, 13 August, the first recorded crowd tragedy in a sporting arena in Nigeria occurred. Twenty four people...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA On this date, 12 August 2006, the 17thanniversary of the tragic death of Samuel Okwaraji at the National Stadium, Lagos, a similar tragedy...
With a bottled drink and half-filled glass on the table, former Nigerian goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme was following the proceedings at Duisburg in Germany as his club,...
Ahead of the new season, management of Eket-based FC One Rocket has named officials to manage the affairs of the Nigeria National League (NNL) side. The outfit in the oil city...
The Nigeria Football Federation has set up a Caretaker Committee for the running of the affairs of the Anambra State Football Association, following the expiration of...
The exit gate appears opened for Nigerian striker, Kelechi Iheanacho as Leicester City have concluded plans to put him on the transfer market. The club,...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. On this date, 31 July 1978, former national team footballer and later an assistant coach to the then Green Eagles, Sam Garba Okoye...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Growing up in the environs of the famous Liberty Stadium in Ibadan in the late 1960s, it was my dream that I could...
BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Tesilimi Balogun in whose honour the Teslim Balogun in Lagos is named featured prominently in many Nigerian cup finals called the Challenge Cup...
As the family of Nigeria’s legendary footballer, Tesilimi Balogun, marks the 48th anniversary of his demise, two-time chief coach of Nigeria, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde has emphatically...