As the AFCON 2024 unfolds, I find myself caught between memories of the past and hopes for the future.
Browsing: Paul Okoku
Speaking against the backdrop of the recent poor showing of a wholly foreign-based Eagles squad against Sierra Leone in a 2022 Africa Cup of Nations double-header qualification earlier in the month, Okoku frowned at the reluctance of Rohr to select home-based players in his squad.
The train included ex-football internationals who served as icon of hopes and source of inspiration to the campers in Karamajiji and Kuchigoro, suburbs of Abuja
The President of the Rotary Club of Lagos Mainland, Rotarian Paul Tosin Apebo, said Okoku, a former Green Eagles, was honoured with the award because of his sterling and exemplary contributions to the society, through his pet project and charity organisation, the Greater Tomorrow Children’s Foundation
He was flown to Spain about two weeks ago after several months of treating the ailment in his base in the United States of America
Continuing, the former Togo and Mali coach said that Okoku should be encouraged by all Nigerians in delivering on the Foundation’s objectives to change the lives of deprived in the Nigerian society
Led by their US-based Assistant Captain, Paul Okoku, the players are saddened that 30 years after their great feat for the country, no government has deemed it necessary to honour the promise made to the team in 1983 at Mainland Hotel, Oyingbo, Lagos State
Okoku, who disclosed this on Wednesday on behalf of Keshi and Odiye,
said the combined efforts was aimed at giving the pupils an
opportunity to achieve their academic goals without interruption