Category: Blog
Odegbami: World Cup in Nigeria – Jamboree or Catalyst for Development?
Nigeria never ceases to rattle and to amaze me.
With all its chaos and crisis, there is no place [...]
Odegbami: Celebrating Three August Giants in Nigerian Football
We are in the month of August.
I want to pay some special tribute to three great Nigerians that [...]
Odegbami: New Targets – Champions of Africa and Semi-finalists of World Cup!
There are several matters that have arisen from the debris of my columns of the past two weeks. I ha [...]
Odegbami: I Cannot, And Shall Not, Celebrate This Bronze!
I am an Olympian to the core.
I went to two Olympics. The first was boycotted at the last minute [...]
Pass Mark for Super Eagles and Gernot Rohr
By Mumini Alao
FOLLOWING NIGERIA’s AFCON semi-final 2-1 loss to Algeria last weekend in Egypt, a de [...]
Odegbami: Gernot Rohr – All Is Forgiven… But Nigeria Needs a New Coach For 2022!
Last Wednesday night, the Super Eagles put up their best performance so far in AFCON 2019. As diffic [...]
Well Done Eagles, Now For the Hard Part; #Lions to Pussycats, Boys to Men!
By Mumini Alao
I HAVE BEEN WRITING SOCCERTALK for 32 years now. This is the first time ever that I [...]
Odegbami: The ‘Mortal’ Sin of Gernot Rohr
Thank God I am not in charge of Nigerian football.
If I was, Gernot Rohr would either be history [...]
Die, Super Eagles, Die! By Mumini Alao
MY last diary on the on-going AFCON was a poser for the Super Eagles following their shock 2-0 defea [...]
Odegbami: The NFF and the Sports Ministry – the Endless Crisis!
Things are not very well with funding sports in Nigeria. The country was reminded again this past we [...]
