.A perpetration of illegality – Baribote

.There’s no level playing field – Fuludu

.September election already decided – Toro

It is one week since the curtains fell on the 2026 FIFA World Cup in New York. Spain deservedly carted away the gold trophy at the expense of a conservative Argentina side. The better side won effortlessly as good football prevailed.

For many Nigerians the outcome did not matter much, but the pain of not having been represented by the country’s flagship team, the Super Eagles has remained the sour point of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A former chairman of the League Management Company, now NPFL, Rumson Victor Baribote said it was unthinkable that Nigeria, the giant of Africa, was absent out of ten countries that represented Africa at the Mundial..”It is something I don’t even want to think about. For a team that once ranked fifth in the whole world, it was embarrassing not to have qualified for the World Cup. It is a shame. It is not something that should be remembered or even thought about.”