2024 is about to drop into the archives of history. The year has had some significant moments and developments that provide a good indication of things to come in the New Year. On the eve of 2025, from my observatory high up in the hills of Wasimi, I can testify that life has been manifesting … Read more
National Sports Commission, Shehu Dikko compounds a deliberate confusion – By Ikeddy Isiguzo …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> By Ikeddy Isiguzo HOURS after this column was published last Sunday, I got a call from Mallam Shehu Dikko who after pleasantries said that I went “off mark” by writing about the illegality of the National Sports Commission … Read more
Dikko Vows Full NSC Support For Nigerian Sports Teams …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> National Sports Commission (NSC) Chairman, Shehu Dikko, has pledged the Commission’s commitment to support all Nigerian sports teams competing on the continental stage, Completesports.com reports. Dikko made this remark when the chairman of Enyimba FC and former Super Eagles star, Nwankwo Kanu, … Read more
Nigerian Sports Development… Between Sokoto And Sokoto! …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> As a writer of a weekly column, sometimes I run out of subject to write about. The mind goes into ‘idle’ mode, blanketed by the innumerable moving parts of life. Scanning through my mind for the ‘bigger’ stories often obscures the smaller and, sometimes, … Read more
Dikko Approve Release Of Investigative Report …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> The National Sports Commission (NSC) has approved the release of an investigative report examining the negative publicity surrounding Nigeria’s participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The decision came shortly after Mr. Shehu Dikko took over as NSC Chairman, following a request by … Read more
National Sports Commission: Brand New! –Odegbami …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Two weeks ago, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the ‘death’ of the Ministry of Sports and immediately announced the rebirth of the National Sports Commission, NSC. With that single move, he did what no President in almost 20 years before him had considered important enough … Read more
Dikko Hailed By Okpekpe Race Organiser As Fit For NSC Job …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Pamodzi Sports Marketing, organizers of the historic, Gold Label Okpekpe international 10km road race, has described the appointment of Shehu Dikko as Chairman of the National Sports Commission the best in the history of Sports Administration in Nigeria since the … Read more
Paris 2024 Olympic And Paralympic Games Investigative Panel …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> I AM writing this on Saturday morning, 26 October, 2024 immediately after my early Muslim prayers. I have just checked the timing for the El Clasico later in the day and it is reading 8.00pm Nigeria time. I was in the Santiago Bernabue … Read more
Paris 2024: A Different Look …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> Cacophony fills the Nigerian sports space. From the ashes of the country’s participation at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games springs the shrill of anger and condemnation. In the past one week, Nigerians have collectively vented their anger and frustration at those they perceive to have caused … Read more