Segun Odegbami
2 days ago
Last Wednesday, at the invitation of the Federal University Lokoja, I delivered the 15th Distinguished Public Lecture of the university.I am devoting my column this weekend to a slightly edited version of the presentation.
29 Mar
If there is a god of soccer, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, it deserted the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
25 Mar
Segun Odegbami, a former member of the Green Eagles of Nigeria, has tipped Super Eagles goal poacher Victor Osimhen to break the long-standing Rashidi Yekini international goal record. Odegbami stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. He applauded Osimhen for surpassing his long-standing 44-year-old record as…
22 Mar
It is ridiculously unbelievable, yet it is true. With Nigeria’s records of achievements and football, no other stadium in the country can host the highest levels of football!
15 Mar
In the year 2002, I was an emissary of former President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR. I was head of a delegation that was sent with letters to four Presidents on the West Coast of Africa.
4 Mar
Former national team captain, Segun Odegbami, has described the maiden South West Games as a groundbreaking initiative that will foster talent development, youth empowerment, and regional unity through sports.
22 Feb
Last week, I saw an old Daily Sketch newspaper cutting with the portraits of football players - the starting line-ups of the two finalists at the 1975 FA Cup final in Lagos, Rangers FC of Enugu and Shooting Stars FC of Ibadan.
8 Feb
A few days ago, Felix, a childhood friend that I had not seen or heard from since we both left secondary school in Jos (he went to St. John’s College while I was to St. Murumba College) called me up from the blue.
18 Jan
The Olympics were about to take place in Moscow. The world was in crisis. The Games were threatened. The USA reacted, imposing sanctions on the USSR and boycotting the Games!
4 Jan
My name is Segun Odegbami. It is a popular name alright in Nigeria, but more people across the African continent know me as ‘Mathematical,’ a nickname coined and gifted to me by a famous sports commentator, late Ernest Okonkwo, during broadcast of football matches on Radio Nigeria in those days.
28 Dec
In Nigeria, life has been extremely difficult for most. Managing the challenges in the land is an arduous task for everyone. Yet, the people survive and even thrive, ending the year 2024 cushioned by the hope of a New Year with better tidings.
21 Dec
Former Green Eagles captain, Segun Odegbami, has praised Super Eagles forward, Ademola Lookman, after he was voted the Best African Footballer of the Year by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for 2024. The former 3SC player said that Nigeria having players who won the award consecutively (Osimhen won the 2023 edition) shows that our…
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