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There is a deafening silence in the Nigerian camp here in Tokyo. The number of Nigerian athletes has dwindled significantly. How the athletes that leave or stay on in the Games Village are selected is still unclear. There are a...

A few days ago, 'The Eye' saw smoke approaching the Nigerian camp from a distance and screamed: 'fire on the mountain'. A day later, it saw dark clouds approaching the camp again and alerted all Nigerians of an impending 'storm'....

'The Eye on Tokyo 2020' is perched on an invisible drone in the ceiling of Room XYZ, at the Grand Prince Hotel, New Takanawa, in downtown Tokyo. This is where Chief Sunday Dare, Nigeria's Minister for Youth and Sports is staying...

There is fire on the mountain in Tokyo 2020.  There should actually be a lot of confusion ongoing in the camps of athletes in Track and Field and Table Tennis here in Tokyo. With table tennis, why would Quadri Aruna play...

It finally happened. No, The Eye did not have a conversation with the Honourable Minister of Sports, Chief Sunday Dare. What happened was much more than that. You have to read this to the end to understand. It was Tuesday,...

'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...