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Arsene Wenger’s Life in Red & White
I have long anticipated the release of Arsene Wenger’s book and was very delighted to receive my copy in the post. I was so delighted, I finished reading the book → Read More
A list of Trump’s enablers
In conclusion of my review of John Bolton’s book – The Room Where It Happened, I will share a short list of some of his enablers and a few tit bits I learnt → Read More
Trump — ‘Give Russia everything they want’ (2)
Last week, I hope you found the time to read the first part of my… → Read More
Trump: The three-year-old king of America (1)
Some 41 years ago, the people of Agbor in what is now Delta State in the South of Nigeria crowned a two-year-old as their king, a feat recognised by the → Read More
Arsenal has 1000 problems, Unai Emery is probably not one of them
Losing your cool because of the way your team played or your perception of the manager is a tad childish in my opinion. → Read More
You don’t need a rolls royce for the Paris Dakar rally
I have seen a few people blame AMN and Leno for that goal. I think they are wrong. If you are looking for blame, it is all on Sokratis. → Read More
EPL 2019/20 season preview — by an Arsenal fan
I quite enjoy doing season previews. The start of the season is a time filled with fresh optimism. It is something of a blank slate. You can wish for the → Read More
Theresa May: From good to bad in less than 3 years
Just over three years ago, Mrs. May became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Her ascension into office wasn’t totally unexpected. She was well known as one of the → Read More
Baku didn’t fulfill its promise
We didn’t bring Europa home sadly. Or did we? Seeing as The Emirates Stadium will be the only place to watch the Europa League competition next season. Personally I don’t → Read More
The rush to create a myth around Arsenal’s finances
In 1997, Arsene Wenger bought a young Nicholas Anelka for £500,000.00 and sold him for £22,000,000.00 some two years later. In 2018 football transfer money, Anelka was sold for £156m. → Read More
Arsene Wenger – half a season after
I got a kick in my stomach when the announcement was made on April 20, 2018 that Arsene was leaving the club he dearly loved and helped build to what → Read More
Nigerians, vote for Evans
This write-up is inspired by two individuals on ‘Nija’ Social Media. The first poster, perhaps an imposter claiming to have a PhD suggested that Nigerians have tried someone with integrity → Read More
e-Nigerians: Stop showing love for the looters
There is no question that Nigeria faces a lot of challenges. Growing population and poverty are two of the biggest challenges. Nigerians have also proved themselves resilient. Occurrences that could → Read More
Liberian honour for the most honourable man on planet earth
When Michael Jackson released the Liberian Girl song in 1987, not many people on the world stage knew about Liberia. This was even more so in 1983 when the song → Read More
Arsenal: We have work to do
Yesterday was a very pleasant day. There was a bit of sunshine amidst the early afternoon rain. Working down Holloway Road is always special for me. Nervous excitement, trepidation and → Read More
A football match lasts for 90 minutes. The Arsenal fans reaction to it lasts for 11 years
Wenger was the problem. Arsene was the reason why there was division in the fan base. He was the reason why the Emirates Stadium was empty. He was the reason → Read More
It is the Premier League hope that kills
It is here again. Another season of the Premier League kicked off Friday night with Leicester losing by the odd goal just like they did last season when they lost → Read More
Kemi Adeosun: Time to be smart
When Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was made Minister of Finance by General Obasanjo in his second stint as a ‘Military Head of State’, I was quite impressed. Back then, I was → Read More
The president’s media team and his ministers are failing him
Nigerians love killing themselves. Like me you can list more than a thousand ways in which we do this. I have come up with a few below. You can add → Read More
'Legbegbe' to all footballers of Nigeria origin waiting for England call-up
Your England Cap ‘Ti Lo’ like Mr Real sang. If you haven’t heard the song, please listen to it here. I am very excited as I am on my way to → Read More