FOOTBALL, LOVE AND CORRUPTION
The thought came quickly as it went. I didn’t want to think about it at all, but it kept coming back. There is a twist in each tale concerning my dear country Nigeria. The first is, take it or leave it, we are champions of Africa. The recently concluded African Cup of Nations proved that we have all it takes to compete and surpass achievements of countries like South Africa, Angola and step up to be like Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Iran etc. (I have intentionally omitted the USA not because I do not like the suave, smooth talking President Obama or his government but because when you hear one thing, another thing is happening. It is like the abracadabra kind of thing. The more you look, the less you see. I had to praise the team creative and graphic designers for that designed the Pepsi advertisement a day after we won the trophy. From a professional point of view, the picture showing the eagle clutching the trophy was simply classic! However, the t