Category: Eye on Tokyo

'The Eye' has been busy in the last 24 hours trying to track and pin down the man running Nigeria's show at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He is the Minister of Sports, Chief Sunday Dare. It is not so easy...

Last weekend Enefiok Udo Obong, the Legend, one of a handful of Nigerian athletes with an Olympic Gold medal around their necks  and attached to their names, wrote a masterpiece article in his column in one of the newspapers. It...

Suddenly, the atmosphere and dynamics of the Olympics and the Games Village, in particular, have changed since the actual matches began.  The public protests, the fears of unrest, the threat of Corona Virus, all have vaporised since the first medals...

Funke Oshonaike became the first Nigerian athlete to exit competitions at the on-going Olympic Games. Ironically, not only is she the oldest, she is also the first female athlete to participate in 7 editions of the  games. Unbelievable, but yes,...

High up from my observatory in the skies over Tokyo, I look downwards at the sprawling sea of endless high-rise structures and buildings. Almost at the heart of it is a glittering new structure standing out like an oasis in...