Nigeria is, as it were, a comedian who tells the same joke, but with a different enough punchline that you cannot help but shake your head in amusement. The latest drama involves, unsurprisingly, misappropriated funds. The world athletics governing body IAAF, have apparently had the princely sum of $135,000 taken from them. Naturally, they want…

The recent dispiriting news regarding former Super Eagles midfielder Wilson Oruma has once again brought a sensitive subject to the fore: the welfare of athletes’ (and especially footballers’) post-retirement.

We can all agree that the best strategy to excel at competitive sport is to find your strengths and concentrate on them. Based on this, we can also agree that Nigeria does not seem to have received the memo.

Perhaps the best way to begin this column is to heartily congratulate African Player of the Year, Mohamed Salah. The Confederation of African Football...

These are exciting times for wrestling in Nigeria. It gets nowhere near the traction or airplay that football does, but it was revealing just how much plaudits it received at the Nigeria Sports Awards this year.

‘We do not speak ill of the dead.’ That is a socio-cultural mores, as well as the honourable thing; the dead cannot defend themselves, after all.

Unsurprisingly, Enitan Oshodi and Daniel Igali, head honchos at the table tennis and wrestling federations respectively, shared the accolade for Administrator of the Year.

The drama around Tammy Abraham over the last fortnight or so has been impossible to miss. The Swansea man has been called up to the England squad on the back of some fine performances in the English Premier League...

Quadri, who is currently ranked number 36 in the global rankings, was knocked out in the Round of 16 at the ITTF World Cup in Liege, Belgium, last week.

The euphoria of Nigeria’s qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup continues to hang in the air, but for those high up in the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), it is time already for them to clear their heads.

Their five league titles and four FA Cups makes them one of the most successful teams in the country, and their fan base is large—the Lekan Salami Stadium seats just under 20,000, but is regularly packed out for...

The acclaim continues to pour in for the pairing of Leon Balogun and William Troost-Ekong at the heart of the defence for the Super Eagles.