This gist is coming late, but I hope we can have fun with the THREAD.

2016 CHAN in Rwanda. Recap of the things that happened behind the scenes.

I took my time to search for pictures as well.

It was the second time Super Eagles B (NPFL Stars) will qualify for the tournament.
@PowerfulFJ, I wish to make the gist short 🤣.

I missed 2014 CHAN in South Africa & this tournament was all my dream in 2016.

As journalist (Reporter like me), coverage of live football events was all my passion.

It was difficult securing sponsors, but I made it & I was happy
I was thinking about the dragging, how 'Enemies' would drag me & my NPFL players like Tiger Generator.

You know the argument about Home-based vs Foreign Pros.

It was a rough week, we have to defend & defend them

The feeling at home is always different from those with the team.
Oliseh said a lot of unprinted words with anger. It was a big distraction.

Toyin & Tijani Babaginda was able to calm down Foskolo. We for see fight 🤣

They begged us not to use the audio at least before the game. We agreed & decided not to distract the team. Was it ethical?
Should we gist about 2018 CHAN in Morocco? At least we won Silver.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't want to share how I wasted 10,000 Rwanda Franc on cab searching for the accommodation I booked from Nigeria. The experience wasn't funny 🤣, JJC in abroad. I settled at one hotel around 9pm, after searching for hours. The night wasn't smooth, I don't have Internet as well
The next day, Super Eagles arrived from South Africa. The players, coaches & backroom staff were surprised to see a Nigerian journalist in Kigali. It was all smile & confidence, their fada, we go kill them for this tournament 🤣.

Oliseh noticed me & we had a brief chat.
Oliseh was accomodative, I had a changed of perspective about him.

Oh! This guy is nice. Oliseh has changed & matured.

He granted his first interview with us, you will like him, brilliant guy, he speaks well.

Oliseh to Toyin; "Invite the guys to join us for lunch." Wawu!
Interestingly, I was the first Nigerian to arrived in Kigali, Rwanda. I arrived before the team contingent. The team camped in Abuja for one month, camped for weeks in South Africa.

A lot of investment on the team, Oliseh was the coach. So, I was hopeful, we should win 🤣
The team left for their hotel. Where I go to sleep now? I didn't enjoy last night's hotel.

I met a Nigerian lady based in Rwanda, can't recall her name now. She was helpful & kind to us. She took me to a comfortable hotel which was a few metres away from the airport.
1st Incident: Miss Aisha was media coordinator in Rubavu. So, CAF mixed up the time of the presser & we got there late. Big fight between Kelechi & Aisha 🤣. We settled that.

Nigeria presser began, Oliseh wasn't happy, we could feel it on his face. Sunny, wetin dey happen now?🤣
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