Ndidi: “We’re not carrying the World Cup disappointment with us”
Tomorrow, Nigeria carry a bit of revenge into the game against Tunisia, their second match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. Remember, Nigeria lost to Tunisia in the…
Tomorrow, Nigeria carry a bit of revenge into the game against Tunisia, their second match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON. Remember, Nigeria lost to Tunisia in the…
It is my seventh day in Morocco, and my sixth in the cold city of Fes. In that short time, a few small experiences have begun to stitch themselves into…
On a cold rainy evening at the Complex de sportif, Fes, Morocco. Nigeria kicked off its AFCON 2025 campaign as they came up against the Taifa Stars of Tanzania. Eric…
Nigeria open their AFCON 2025 campaign tomorrow against Tanzania atthe Complexe Sportif. Ahead of the game, head coach Eric Chelle and newly appointed captain Wilfred Ndidi addressed the media. Recent…
Reluctantly, I got up this morning. There was work to be done here in Morocco, and no time to laze around. Last night, I went to bed with the same…
AFCON doesn’t need to prove itself anymore. The numbers are starting to do that for it. This has been happening in recent years, and the 2023 edition, which Ivory Coast…
It was 4:27 a.m. on Friday in Lagos, the same time in Morocco, when our bus driver pulled away from the apartment we had lodged in since Wednesday evening. For…
Just seated in the early hours at Crushly Lounge, around 3 a.m. WAT, after landing at Fès–Saïss Airport, thinking about all the good things that have happened in 2025. It’s…
There are some stories you don’t forget. Not because they were written in history books, but because they were stitched into you. Slowly. Quietly. Sometimes painfully. And somehow, they stayed.…
I was already angry before I saw the picture. An artisan had just disappointed me, botched a job I waited days for. But that anger was small. Personal. Then I…