Oluniyi David Ajao

Unfortunately, this is the least of my personal interests but it is still interesting enough to deserve a category on my blog.

I couldn’t believe what I saw on the TV screen last night. France was playing Italy in the FIFA World Cup (Germany 2006) final, and after just 10 minutes or so to the end of extra time, French skipper Zinedine Zidane did the unthinkable. The world of blogs has since been buzzing with opinion.
Pradeep Nair [...]

Nigerian blogs round for this week, first published on Global Voices
Football fever is hot in the air and Nigerian bloggers share their thought.
Aba Boy is Identifying with the French
It was so easy (as a black person and an immigrant) to identify with the French team that beat Spain yesterday. The team that played yesterday [...]

This blog round-up was first published on Global Voices.
We start this week’s round-up with the exit of the last African country in this year’s FIFA World Cup tournament (Germany 2006).
The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen…of Ghana says Ghana’s Coming Home, but Brazil Stole Two “Goals”
The Brazilians played a relatively good game, but it [...]

After the Black Stars of Ghana defeated the USA team last week, the fight is now against Brazil, in the second round of the World Cup tournament.
Can you predict the outcome of this encounter? Share your thoughts.

After their sounding victory over the Czechs last week at the on-going FIFA World Cup (Germany 2006), Ghana’s national football team - the Black Stars - would today face the US national football team in an encounter that would decide whether Ghana proceeds to Round Two of the tournament, or not.
Ghana’s team is the first [...]