As Nigeria marks her 60th anniversary today, DURO IKHAZUAGBE takes a journey down memory lane on some of the great sporting landmarks recorded since independence in 1960
As Nigerians mark 60 years independence of the country today, it is also time for those in the sports sector to do a reality check of how our past and present sportsmen and women have also fared. Three scores in the life of an independent nation is enough to have produced heroes and heroines in the various sectors, including sports, since 1960 when the British Union Jack was lowered for our green-white-green flag.
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