{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"Games Village - uniting Nigerian athletes like no other ! - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"I90iKORpMF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/games-village-uniting-nigerian-athletes-like-no-other\/\">Games Village &#8211; uniting  Nigerian athletes like no other !<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/games-village-uniting-nigerian-athletes-like-no-other\/embed\/#?secret=I90iKORpMF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Games Village &#8211; uniting  Nigerian athletes like no other !&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"I90iKORpMF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gateway-2024-NSF.webp","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":500,"description":"I visited the campus of Babcock University last Wednesday morning. The university is the temporary \u2018home\u2019 of 12,000 young Nigerian athletes. They come from every part of the country - North, South, East and West.   In organising the 2024 National Sports Festival, the host State, Ogun State, decided to house all the participants in a single environment, on the campus of Babcock University, Ilishan. Although 50 kilometers, or so, from some of the venues for competitions, that decision now turns out to be a masterstroke, irrespective of the sponsoring motivation for the State to do so.   As I wandered around the campus and took in the incredible sights and sounds, I am reminded immediately of the words in our national anthem:  \u2018though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand\u2019.   On that Campus, the true interpretation of those sacred lines played out before my eyes. However, it will take looking beneath the surface of things to appreciate the implications and significance of adopting the Olympic model of a Games Village for the Gateway Games.  As in the Olympics, all the athletes stay together in a safe place, isolated from the public as much as possible. They eat together, live together, socialize and share the evenings of relaxation together.  Yet, they wake up every morning and go to \u2018war\u2019 in the various arenas, competing against one another, to win or to lose.   It is the ultimate lesson of life, how to collaborate and to compete in peace, love and friendship."}