Ayo Akinfe
Do you know that Nigeria is the only country on the world that had three slave shipping ports? We had Calabar, Lagos and Badagry, all if which shipped human cargo to the New World in mega quantities. It is crystal clear that without Nigeria there simply would never have been the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade or the global...
Ayo Akinfe
Remember the saying: “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” When I look at the parallels between Nigeria and her former colonial master Britain, I wonder what kind of national amnesia grips both nations at times. Britain is once again pressing the self-destruct button over Brexit, forgetting...
Ayo Akinfe
If we delve into the history of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, it is crystal clear that without Nigeria there simply would have been no global trade in human cargo
By my estimation, about one quarter of all the slaves in the New World came from Nigeria. It is no accident that our shores were called Slave Coast and the...
SUPER Eagles striker Josh Maja has completed a €4.5m move to English Championship side Nottingham Forest after the promotion-chasing club reached a deadline day deal with his French team Bordeaux.
Maja, 22, who has one Nigeria cap, had a brief loan stint with English Premier League side Fulham last season but could not...
SUPER Eagles striker Josh Maja has joined English Premier League side Fulham on loan from French club Bordeaux on loan for the rest of the season as the west London team desperately seeks to avoid relegation.
Maja, 22, was born in London and played at youth level for Crystal Palace and Fulham, before joining Sunderland,...
WEST Bromwich Albion (WBA) manager Sam Allardyce is hoping to bring Nigerian striker Josh Maja to the club before the close of the January transfer window in a desperate bid to add firepower to his team and avoid relegation.
Earlier this month, Mr Allardyce took over WBA but after a promising 1-1 draw with league leaders...
ENGLISH Premier league side Sheffield United are lining up a bid of between €6m and €7m for Nigerian striker Josh Maja with a view towards prising him away from French side Bordeaux during the forthcoming January transfer window.
Sheffield United are currently sitting bottom of the English Premier League with just two...
NIGERIAN playmaker Ovie Ejaria is poised to end his six-year association with English Premier League champions Liverpool and join Championship side Reading where he spent last season on loan in a £3.5m deal .
Ejaria, 22, who is on the radar of Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr, is believed to have recently made a switch...
FORMER Super Eagles striker Victor Anichebe is eyeing a return to football over the forthcoming season after being away from the game for two years adding that he is even considering the prospect of buying a club to get back.
Anichebe, 32, had a very successful spell as a Premier league player with Everton and also had...
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