Nigeria, May 11 -- In this season of anomie and atrophy, it is better to remember with very fond and affectionate memories, those people who made us happy and impacted on our lives and essence, through their God given talents.

Tesilimi Olawale Ayinde Balogun was one. He lived for 45 years, which were laced and filled with soccer. After all, the Nigerian firmament is replete with stories of unsung heroes in commerce, politics, law, enterprise, education, sports, medicine, traditional institutions, and so on.

Football is arguably the world's most important game. Football, that round leather ball, is mankind's most beloved sporting game.

The love for it transcends religious, ethnic or political divides. This was the game that Teslim Balogun...