Kolade Chris Blog

Respect is not just a courteous expression of regard to an elder or some behaviour intended to please parents. In many African cultures, total [or partial] disregard of respect towards the young [especially children in this sense] is exhibited by the people. In actual sense, and subjectively, that is not the true nature of respect. This same respect they say, is reciprocal; of course it is a cliche from western culture but it is a valid statement. If respect is reciprocal then the young [especially children] being brought up to respect elders must also be respected. In fact, a one year old kid has the particular respect he/she deserves, and when this is not rendered, then it could be necessary to subject the situation to an investigation about possible abuse of the child. Showing respect to the young builds up their self-esteem and the bitter truth is that one of the necessary qualities needed to achieve some set goals in life and make dreams "come true" is self-esteem. In...

Between 7th April 1994 and 15th July 1994, the combined murder of Rwanda’s president, Juvenal Habyarimana and The Hutu president of the neighboring Burundi, Cyprien Ntaryamira sparked the reprisal killing of an estimated eight hundred thousand (800,000) people of the minority Tutsi, Twa and moderate Hutu clans – an equivalence of the country’s 70% total population. This evil act was perpetrated by government-backed forces in the army, police, militias and other armed civilians of the Hutu clan.  According to History, It is not a subject of debate anymore that the genocide had being planned at least a year prior to the time.  Twenty five years on, Rwanda has moved on from the nightmare and is gradually becoming a model of economic development for all other African countries. The strife for development is being chaired by Paul Kagame, a member of the Tutsi clan who became the country’s president in year 2000. Though making considerable progress, Kagame has been widely criticiz...

The best and most publicised league in the world, English Premier League returns this weekend after the interesting game week 24 midweek fixtures in which leaders, Liverpool continued their impressive run and Manchester United fell to Burnley at home.  On Saturday 1st February, Leicester will be hoping to get back to consistent winning ways against Chelsea for the lunchtime kick-off fixture at The Kingpower stadium. The main man, Wilfried Ndidi will surely be in contention to start against The Blues after his unexpected recovery from injury. For the goal rush fixtures, Bournemouth will be locking horns with Aston Villa at the Vitality stadium in the South Coast, Crystal Palace welcomes Chris Wilder's men, Sheffield United to Selhurst Park;  The Eagles will be aiming for three points since they recorded a loss against Southampton on the same ground during Matchweek 24. In continuation of the Goal-rush fixtures, leaders, Liverpool battles The Saints in the bid to establish more...

Football, the beautiful round-leather game, has united the world for more than a century. The game was introduced to The Olympics in 1900 and has been held on every occasion since then apart from the 1932 Los Angeles Games in The United States; in the same vein, the first edition of a FIFA football competition involving the whole world – FIFA World Cup – was held in Uruguay in the year 1930. Since then, football has evolved and developed to one of the best [if not the best] grossing games in the world. Football has been a source of income and mean of livelihood for the whites and blacks alike, but since its inception in the global scene and the time blacks start going professional, a discrimination tagged “racism” has been a hindrance to the emotional well-being of footballers, development and smooth running of the game. Several football players and officials – majorly of the African and Semitic descents – have being the targets of racial slurs from fans, officials and fellow footbal...

It is glaringly evident that all seeds sprout and become larger plants, shrubs, or trees that bear larger fruits which in turn, contain more seeds. To me, the most amazing of all these seeds is that of mustard. It is one of the smallest seeds known and when planted, becomes one of the “largest and the most productive” plant in the world. That is not just the astonishing thing about the mustard seed: from the seed, Mustard sauce, table mustard – a pungent powder/paste, Mustard greens – a leaf eaten as cooked greens in many Asian countries, Mustard oil – an oil used for making soap, treating arthritis, common cold and rheumatism, Sinapism – a plaster containing black mustard powder applied to the skin as counterirritant are all gotten. In addition to these, The Mustard seed is the source of Mustard agent – a toxic gas that can be used as bio-chemical weapon in warfare due to the fact that it causes blisters on the skin and has no known antidote. I will not be attributing this scenario ...

Individual dominance [or even any other dominance that exists in life], is never for a lifetime. Its very clear to all that all the powerful kingdoms that have ruled the world at one epoch at a time or the other, be it Egypt, Greece, Babylonia, Persia and The Roman Empire never held on to it till today, the most powerful nation in the world today will also not hold on to it till eternity. In any other ramifications of life too, be it sports, entertainment or business, there has never been a time any single powerful entity hold on to dominance consistently for a long time because "life is full of ups and down", though a cliche but  entirely true.  One of the most successful football clubs in the world, Liverpool are still waiting since the early 90s to win their first ever Premier League title; Real Madrid has the highest number of Champions League trophy but had to go without one between 2003 and 2013; Anthony Joshua had all the belts apart from one but got knocked out by a...

During the years of the decade (2010 and 2019), the football world witnessed one of the greatest outturn and upturn of new footballers who were wonderful prospects. This could be attributed to the heavy investments in the Sport due to improved Academies, improved wages and better stadia, alongside the growing competition for silverwares, but this piece would not be dwelling on that. New footballers have emerged from everywhere all around the world be it Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Europe. Nigeria is not left out as players like Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo, Kenneth Omeruwo, Victor Osimhen, Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi all came into limelight during the years.    Kayode Kolade Christopher, a member of The Whistle Sports Group (WSG) takes a look at some of the notable footballers that have so far stood against all odds to break into limelight in the beautiful round leather game. 15. Ngolo Kante  From playing in the French third division in 2012 to win...