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The Yoruba people are the inhabitants of the Southwestern geo-political zone of Nigeria. A considerable number of the people are found in the northern region—precisely Kogi and Kwara states—some are also "the aborigines' of a part of Benin Republic. Today, many Yoruba speaking people are found in Brazil because their ancestors were victims of the Portuguese's slave trade which started in the fifteenth century. If not for the efforts of Granville Sharp, Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce—the men who led a body of Englishmen that laboured to convert the parliament then to their efforts of getting slave trade eradicated—the Yoruba nation would have almost been totally depopulated before the nineteenth century. Today, the states inhabited by the Yoruba people in Nigeria are all the Southwestern states—Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti and Lagos states. A lot of people [and scholars] have given their accounts of the origin of the Yoruba people. One of them is the legend whic...

Maurizio Sarri was hired by Chelsea last summer to replace Antonio Conte. What led the Chelsea board to acquire Sarri’s service should be clear to a regular football lover – the Italian managed one of the most exciting teams in Europe throughout the 2017/18 season. Napoli was definitely the most organized team in the Serie A last season, in fact Juventus was no match for them in that aspect – this was evident when they defeated Juve away from home during the season. Sarri started brightly in the premier league but after Chelsea’s home game against Everton in the league [which ended in a goaless draw], the Chelsea fan base and pundits all around The UK started casting doubts on Sarri ball! All teams started using the “stop-Jorginho-you-stop-Chelsea approach”. This is because Jorginho plays the pivot role in Sarri ball, up till now he has the highest number of passes in the Premier league (2,077). A lot of fans blame Jorginho for his lack of defensive ability, but personally, I am not ...

No one would ever expect whoever would be the first native African Balon D'or recipient to come from a lowly football nation like Liberia since there are Nigeria, Algeria, Cameroun and Egypt that have been deeply involved in the game since the 60's. This is the case of George Weah. The story began when Cameroon national team coach, Claude Le Roy contacted Arsene Wenger he had discovered an impressive young footballer playing for a certain club in the country. Arsene flew down to Cameroon himself and did not hesitate to recruit the young man for his then club, AS Monaco. After recording successful spells in France with Monaco and PSG, AC Milan acquired George Weah and then history was made – he was awarded The Balon D'or, FIFA World player of the year, Onze D'or and African footballer of the year all in a single season. He was known for his humility, fair play, technical and physical frontman ability and his humanitarian efforts on and off the pitch. In a match against...