Right here’s an enormous second in historical past for all followers and lovers of the Nigerian sports activities media. The large information of this weekend is the return of ‘Eagle Eye’ as an everyday weekly publication … and this version is the primary on my epoch making comeback monitor.
Go inform it on the mountain, over the seas and in all places, Sam O’Femi Fasetire is again on the sports activities beat! Let’s blow the trumpet loud for each ear to listen to, by the grace of God – my a lot talked about column (Eagle Eye) can be splashed on this web page each Friday henceforth.
To God be all of the glory, for offering a helper in Jide-Ojo Olusola, who insisted that I need to make a spirited return to the terrain that made me a followers’ favorite at Full Soccer, Full Sports activities and Brila FM.
Not that I fully left the sports activities reporting scene, however my introduction into instructing meant everybody began seeing me as a trainer fairly than before everything as a journalist. That grew to become a recurring decimal in my story of transformation since I grew to become a full-time trainer within the yr 2020.
Nevertheless, the inspiration God gave me to jot down 4 scripts in a sequence that I titled ‘SWAN’s Forgotten Heroes’ stirred the hornet’s nest, as many colleagues and a few of my seniors within the pen commerce began placing strain on me to storm again.
Thanks a lot to my first editor at Full Soccer, Alhaji Mumini Alao, in addition to my erstwhile ‘editorial supervisor’ at Full Sports activities, Samm Audu for not too long ago acknowledging my writing expertise. So too did a colleague who grew to become my boss at SportsDay, Desmond Ekwueme, who final week identified that my scripts stay ‘classic in high quality.’
Kudos too to Pius Ayinor, Ikenwa Nnabuogor, Afolabi Gambari, Emma Jemegah, Morakinyo Abodunrin, Amar Ignis, Ralph Chidozie-George, Godwin Enakhena, Solomon Ajuziogu, Frank Ilaboya, Toyin Ibitoye, Bimbo Adeola, Akeem Busari and Ojeikere Aikhoje, who’ve over the previous 5 years dropped a phrase or two concerning the influence they felt I might nonetheless make on the beat.
Such accolades from them and plenty of different zealots left me pondering of enacting a historic comeback, however I dilly-dallied till Jide-Ojo got here calling. So, I doff my hat to the one I dubbed ‘Magic Fingers’ throughout our days collectively at Brila FM. I grew to become much more excited when he knowledgeable me that his core focus with Sports247 is the grassroots terrain.
He additionally spoke abour his plan to organise an annual awards ceremony particularly for grassroots sports activities. That received me over twice as extra and I shortly promised to present some extra inputs into my involvement with this trailblazing and pacesetting web site.
So, right here we’re – the return of Eagle Eye …. with farther attain, deeper depth, higher knowledgeable content material and way more potent influence. Watch this house each Friday, and also you’ll be glad you probably did…
