The art of great storytelling is learned. Great stories leave the reader enthralled as they pass across knowledge and life lessons. The story of Anthony Joshua is still being written and it has the potential to become a great one. Generations from now, it could become a nighttime story for kids gathered under the digital […]
A few weeks ago, I was asked to moderate an interview on one of Nigeria’s leading football WhatsApp groups, Nigeria Football Support Platform (NFSP). The guest was Mario Leo, founder of RESULT Sports, one of the leading digital agencies working in sports. Being a digital researcher in sports myself, I have followed their work over […]
AS Roma’s decision to set up a Pidgin English Twitter account to cater to its Nigerian fans is finding great reception. In just 24 hours, they have hit more than 11,000 followers. Take a look at AS Roma Pidgin: https://twitter.com/ASRomaPidgin?s=09 The club has become close to the heart of Nigerian Twitter since 2018 with fans […]
Kyrie Irving, Boston Celtics The National Basketball Association (NBA) and YouTubeo have announced the launch of the NBA’s first YouTube channel dedicated to fans in sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to featuring two live games per week in primetime for the rest of the 2018-19 season, including the Playoffs, Conference Finals and The Finals, the NBA […]
Despite their newfound form, both John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses were not included in the Nigeria squad for their final 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles and the friendly match against Seychelles in Asaba this month. Leicester City striker, Kelechi Iheanacho was also dropped after posting unimpressive performances in recent times. Super […]
Australian women’s basketball star, Elizabeth Cambage, has hit out at the “white saviour” complex after British journalist Stacey Dooley posted photos with Ugandan children during the filming of a recent Comic Relief documentary project. Dooley’s social media posts were first called out by British MP David Lammy who criticised the way Comic Relief portrays African […]
A moment of triumph for telecommunications giant, Globacom Limited, should turn into an instant for introspection as several subscribers trolled the company over its poor services on the same Twitter announcement of a new partnership with world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua on February 1. Several of the company’s subscribers used the opportunity of Joshua’s one-minute […]
World heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua fully embraced his Nigerian heritage in a new advert for telecommunications giant, Globacom Limited, that was released on February 1 via the company’s official social media accounts. Joshua, one of the biggest sports personalities in the world at the moment and holder of four belts, was born […]
By Lolade Adewuyi An overwhelming majority decision at the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday, ensured that Egypt will host the Africa Cup of Nations for a record fifth time from June 15-July 13, 2019. The North African powerhouse defeated the bid from South Africa 16-1 with one abstention (likely to have […]
It has taken six years after the launch of the Mikel Obi Foundation for footballer John Obi Mikel to finally find his passion and decide on the best way to give back to society. The midfielder has announced a reality series titled “Nigeria’s Next Football Superstar” where he will pick nine talented footballers from auditions […]