Imagine, not
many football fans today knew about the myth of the flying cat, Inua Lawal
Rigogo, one of Nigeria’s greatest goal keeper. Perhaps, you may have heard that
Teslim ‘thunder’ Balogun’s shots were so powerful that the ball often broke
through goal nets; and Nigeria’s dream team was the only team that ever scored
a ‘Golden goal.’
I thought
about it. Maybe there should be an online publications where our younger
generation can find all the stories. For instance, how Nigeria national team
(Red Devils) played their first international match in london without shoes or
the extraordinary story of the Damman miracle… These are special memories of
Nigeria football.
Imagine a
publication where Nigeria football heroes are well celebrated; where even
little achievement by any Nigerian football individual or teams are positively
hyped rather than emphasis on news that down cast football consumers.
Helen
Chukwueke, Media director of GreenHunters Sports International said: “If over
10,000 british bloggers could fill the Internet with the news, when Queen
Elizabeth, played host to Andy Murray, after he won the Wimbledon Grand Slam in
2012. Why then should we not hype Blessing Okagbare’s hosting in Aso Rock. We
must learn to celebrate our own.”
Now imagine
that this publication writers included: Ex-international, Segun Odegbami; Lagos
State, Babatunde Fashola; Former NPL Boss, Oyi Obaseki; Former FIFA/ CAF match
commissioner, Paul Bassey; Foremost Journalist, Mitchel Obi; Chairman Nigeria
football Supportewrs club, Rafiu Ladipo; and a host of other 100 football
thought leaders in Nigeria.
Finally,
imagine that this publications generate a lot of engagements in comments,
enquiries, Likes, Shared on other social media networks on the Internet. Imagine
the brand promotions that could be generated for Nigeria, if a publication like
this existed.
Well, you
don’t need to imagine anymore, because ‘Cheer On Nigeria’ blog has gradually
build such massive memoir for Nigeria football fans. Tom
Bonfanti, PhD, Sports
Researcher at Colorado University Chicago said: “By Just reading through some
of the posts on this blog, you could truly feel the passion of football in
Nigeria.” “If you need to understand the intricacies of West Africa football, I
recommend you read through Cheer On Nigeria blog. Although, the writers are
somehow subjective in their opinions, but you could gain unadulterated view
points from these existing articles.”
