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Senate President Ahmed Lawan repeatedly assured a fearful nation that he would not make a rubber stamp of our country's Senate if elected its president. Did he check the dictionary meaning of 'rubber stamp'...

The world is still celebrating the heroics of Super Falcons debutant, Chiamaka Cynthia Nnadozie, who made history Wednesday in the 2-0 victory over North Korea in the France 2019 FIFA Women's World...

Two captains stood out in Nigerian football just one year after the end of the Civil War. Godwin Achebe and Godwin Ogbueze were from the East Central State, still it was difficult to believe...

Football made a lot of difference during the Nigerian Civil War. While Biafra had no active national team, some names that were qualified to be fighting wearing the Sun badge turned up doing battle...

This is not Greek History, we are discussing Nigerian football, which drew quite some historical names between 1973 and 1986. East Central State Spartans came in 1973, won the National Sports Festival gold twice...

Cows deserve more than passing comments in the Nigerian narrative. Professor John Peeper Clark realized this early enough and penned a poem 'Fulani Cattle' before we all began to see herdsmen wielding AK-47 rifles....

General Yakubu Gowon was a good boxer during his cadet days in Anzio Company, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom from May 1955 to December 1956. He took part in different competitions while undergoing...

Some Nigerians did not know that before a compatriot ever became Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, Pius Quist, a Ghanaian, was there. It was during the colonial era. However, that trend still goes...

Red Atlas Lions of Morocco won the Africa Nations Cup for the very first time in 1976. The Green Eagles were there in Ethiopia after a dismal debut at Ghana '63 and smiled back...

She was born in Poland as Stanislawa Walasiewicz, After four months, her parents relocated to the United States and she changed name to Stella Walsh. The identity crisis continued even in death. In July 1911,...

Chief Moshood Abiola was not called Pillar of Sports in Africa for nothing. The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land was everywhere all over the world trying to enjoy himself and make people happy. At a...

Outrage followed Nigeria's dismal performance at the Moscow '80 Olympic Games. Some officials were accused of sleeping with female athletes while other countries went for medals. The country had won a bronze medal in boxing...

Theirs is a family of twins and national athletes. Siblings, Taiwo and Taiwo Ogunjobi, represented Nigeria in Athletics and Soccer respectively. Some do not understand how you have children born of same father bearing...